Solid State Phenomena

Description: This volume contains papers presented at the 26th International Conference Concrete Days 2019 was held in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic from November 20th – 21st, 2019. The published papers present recent research results in the area of modern concretes and concrete structures, discuss modelling and design of concrete structures, bridges, and buildings, properties of concretes as well as significant structural projects and realizations.

Description: This special issue entitled „Advances in laser and surface material processing” provides a broad overview of methods of laser surface treatment and modern surface modification technologies applied to engineering materials. The articles focus mainly on the effect of processing conditions on the surface properties, structure as well as the manufacturing process optimization. The major purpose of this book is to present and discuss various problems in surface treatment technology, related to the structure and properties of various materials.

Description: This volume contains selected peer-review full text papers from the the 30th Regional Conference of Solid State Science and Technology (RCSSST), Malaysia, 2018. The collection represents results of the scientific researches in the area of materials for electrotechnical engineering, electronics, optoelectronics, fuel cells and solar cells production, energy storage, investigation of properties and application methods of functional materials, nanomaterials, glasses, and biomaterials.

Description: The book includes some of the works presented in the 13th European Conference on Superplastic Forming (EuroSPF 2019).The EuroSPF Conference is focused on all aspects related to Super Plastic Forming and SPF/DB (Super Plastic Forming/Diffusion Bonding).The purpose of the annual EuroSPF Conference is to act as a platform for transfer of knowledge between academic and industrial leaders in the field of SPF including material science, process simulation, press design, die optimisation, part manufacturing, innovative low cost processes modelling, tool design, lubrication, industrial applications of SPF and similar topics.

Description: This volume contains papers that were presented at the the 10th "International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Technology" (ICMST 2019), 3rd "International Conference on Sensors, Materials and Manufacturing" (ICSMM 2019) and 2019 "International Conference on Functional Materials and Applied Technologies" (FMAT 2019). Collected papers reflect the last research results in the field of materials science, modern processing technologies and methods of choosing and optimization of technological parameters.

Description: This volume is the joint conference proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Functional Materials and Metallurgy (ICFMM) held in Osaka, Japan, during November 27-30, 2019. The presented papers cover wide-variety topics from modern materials science and materials processing technologies, focuses on the important categories, including environmental engineering, electronic materials, and energy materials.

Description: Intensive development of engineering contributes to the emergence of new materials and technologies for their processing. This special issue contains research papers on modern technologies for obtaining and processing materials, technologies for obtaining welded joints, additive technologies, technologies for engineering tasks in mechanical engineering and materials science. The book is intended for a wide range of specialists engaged in the development and production of heavy-duty metal structures, as well as students, undergraduates, graduate and postgraduate students of technical colleges and universities.

Description: This volume contains peer-reviewed papers presented in the 36th International Conference of the Microscopy Society of Thailand (MST 36), which was held in Thailand, from 26th - 29th March 2019. The papers involve the application of modern microscopy and microanalysis techniques on materials research, for instance, steel, alloys, cement, carbon-based materials, biomaterials and nanomaterials.

Description: International Conference on Semiconductor Materials and Technology (ICoSeMT 2019, 29-30 April 2019, Penang, Malaysia) was an inaugural event organized by the Institute of Nano Optoelectronics Research and Technology (INOR) and Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in conjunction with the 50th Anniversary of USM. This volume presents for readers the collection of papers that were represented on this event and reflects the modern trends in the area of materials science and technologies for opto- and microelectronics, photovoltaic systems, and photocatalysis, in analyze properties of modern functional materials, polymers, and composites. This collection will be useful for specialists from many branches of modern manufacture.

Description: This book provides the basic concepts and the recent research - in thermodynamic, kinetic and mechanical aspects - of the high temperature corrosion of stainless steels. It also includes the reviews of the effects of alloying elements and water vapour on stainless steel oxidation, as well as the development of stainless steel interconnects for solid oxide fuel cells. This festschrift is published in honour of Professor Alain Galerie as an outgrowth of the Alain Galerie Symposium on High Temperature Corrosion held at King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand, on 9 July 2018.