Solid State Phenomena

Description: This special topic volume deals with the development of novel solid state electrocatalysts of a high performance to enhance the rates of the hydrogen or oxygen evolution. It contains a description of various types of metals, alloys and composites which have been obtained using electrodeposition in aqueous solutions that has been identified to be a technologically feasible and economically superior technique for the production of the porous electrodes. The goal was to produce papers that would be useful to both the novice and the expert in hydrogen technologies. This volume is intended to be useful to the materials scientist or electrochemist, student or profesional, who is planning studies of solid state electrocatalysts and who may have had little previous experience with electrochemical measurements. Such a reader will find an outline of basic theory and a discussion of experimental techniques and data analysis, with examples and appropriate references. It is hoped that the more advanced reader will also find this volume valuable as a review and summary of the literature up to the time of writing, with a discussion of current theoretical and experimental issues of research activity in the field of hydrogen energy.

Description: Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the International Scientific Conference Corrosion 2014, November 18-21, 2014, Gliwice, Poland.
The 136 papers are grouped as follows:
Chapter 1: Corrosion and Surface Engineering, Corrosion Protection;
Chapter 2: Concrete Corrosion;
Chapter 3: Corrosion and Surface Engineering in Industry;
Chapter 4: Atmospheric Corrosion, Tribocorrosion, Erosion, Hydrogen Degradation and Diffusion;
Chapter 5: Microbiological Corrosion;
Chapter 6: High-Temperature Corrosion and Surface Strength, Thermal Coating;
Chapter 7: Corrosion of Biomaterials;
Chapter 8: Testing Methods

Description: Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the XXII Conference on Technologies and Properties of Modern Utility Materials, (TPMUM 2014), May 16, 2014, Katowice, Poland.
The 42 papers are grouped as follows:
I: Materials Analysis;
II: Processing Technologies;
III: Surface Engineering;
IV: Materials and Environment

Description: This volume contains a collection of papers from International Conference „Wear Processes 2012” which were held in Świnoujście, Poland, from 12 to 14 of September 2012. The Conference is organized periodically and is a continuation of the seminars series concerning “Testing and modelling of complex wear processes”, that are organized since 2003. The Initiator of the Conference is Jarosław Chmiel, PhD. Eng. from Maritime University of Szczecin.The aim of the Conference is a creating a forum of information exchange for researchers dealing with issues of wear phenomena caused by more as one process acting on a material simultaneously, the subject somewhat neglected at most conferences focusing on wear problems.The main topics of the Conference are as follows:- fundamental problems of deterioration and wear of materials.- simple and complex deterioration processes.- hydrogen degradation of materials.- wear processes accelerated by the hydrogen degradation and corrosion.- modeling of wear processes.- causes of abnormally rapid of wear. Since 2010, the Conference is held under the auspices of the European Structural Integrity Society, Technical Committee TC10 “Environmentally Assisted Cracking”.

Description: Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 25^th Polish National Conference on „Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics”, May 20-23, 2014, Fojutowo, Poland.
The 45 papers are grouped as follows:
Chapter 1: Fatigue of Materials,
Chapter 2: Fracture Behaviour of Materials,
Chapter 3: Other Aspects of Material Strength.

Description: Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the Conference on Future Engineering, September 25-26, 2014, Korytnica, Poland.
The 43 papers are grouped as follows:
Chapter 1: Materials Synthesis and Preparation,
Chapter 2: Material Properties, Characterisation and Application,
Chapter 3: Composites and Ceramics,
Chapter 4: Films and Coatings,
Chapter 5: Cathode Materials Research,
Chapter 6: Biomedical Material Research.

Description: The present volume “Nanomaterials: Basic Concepts and Applications”, as the title suggests, deals with basic concepts and applications of anomaterials, a buzz word in the modern world of Science and Technology. Because of advanced characterization and new fabrication techniques, nanomaterials are now central to multiple disciplines, including materials science, chemistry, physics, engineering and medicine. This special volume under Solid State Phenomena series will present an overview of recent research developments, including synthesis, characterization, and applications, in Nanoelectronics, Luminescence, Drug Delivery, Memristors, Solar Cells and Semiconductors.

Description: Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 9^th International Conference on Mechatronic Systems and Materials (MSM 2013), July 1–3, 2013, Vilnius, Lithuania.
The 170 papers are grouped as follows:

Chapter 1: Mechatronic Systems I: (Industrial Robotics; Microrobotics; Mobile Robots; Analysis of Vibration),

Chapter 2: Mechatronic Systems II: (Optimization; Optimal Design; Integrated Diagnostics; Failure Analysis; Tribology in Mechatronics Systems; Analysis of Signals),

Chapter 3: Mechatronic Systems III: (Applications of Artificial Intelligence; Sensors and Actuators in Mechatronics; Control of Mechatronics Systems),

Chapter 4: Materials: (Multifunctional and Smart Materials; Metallic Alloys; Piezoelectric Materials; Nanomaterials; Ceramics and Glasses; Biomaterials and Technology; Coatings and Properties),

Chapter 5: Engineering Technologies: (Advanced and Digital Manufacturing; Systems Engineering; Micro and Nano Technologies; Materials Joining Technologies; Modeling and Optimization of Processes),

Chapter 6: Education: (New Trends and Curricula for BSC and MSC in Two Tier Higher Education in the Fields of Mechatronic Systems and Materials Science)

Description: Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 12th International Symposium on Ultra Clean Processing of Semiconductor Surfaces (UCPSS), September 21-24, 2014, Brussels, Belgium.
The 71 papers are grouped as follows:
Chapter 1: Cleaning for FEOL Applications,
Chapter 2: Cleaning for FEOL Applications: Beyond-Si Active Area,
Chapter 3: Wet Etching for FEOL Applications,
Chapter 4: Wet Processing of High Aspect Ratio Structures,
Chapter 5: Fluid Dynamics, Cleaning Mechanics,
Chapter 6: Photo Resist Performance and Rework,
Chapter 7: Cleaning for BEOL Interconnect Applications,
Chapter 8: Cleaning for 3D Applications,
Chapter 9: Contamination Control and AMC,
Chapter 10: Cleaning and Wet Etching for Semiconductor Photo-Voltaic Cells

Description: Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 13^th International Conference on Semi-Solid Processing of Alloys and Composites (S2P 2014), September 15-17, 2014, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
The 68 papers are grouped as follows:
Chapter 1: Material Development and Characterisation,
Chapter 2: Rheology, Modelling and Simulation,
Chapter 3: Process Development,
Chapter 4: Industrial Application