Description: The main aim of this collection of peer-reviewed papers is to promote the topics of precision manufacturing and machining practice, together with manufacturing research and education.
Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).
The 44 papers are divided into chapters covering: machining, grinding processes, cutting-tool technology, coatings, rotor design and vibratory mass finishing, cutting, precision surfaces, simulation and drilling. It offers a succinct guide to these fields.

MEMS/NEMS Nano Technology

Edited by: Xiaohao Wang

Online since: June 2011

Description: Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).
This book brings together over 153 peer-reviewed papers, grouped into 6 chapters: Micro-/Nano-Fabrication and Measurement Technologies, Micro-Sensors and Actuators, Microfluidic Devices and Systems, MEMS/NENS and Applications, Nano-Material Research / Nanotubes / Nanowire Devices, Micropower Technology, Theories in Micro-/Nano-Technologies. Most of the papers are authored by Chinese researchers, and the volume thus offers a good overview of the research on MEMS and nano-technology being conducted in China. The work will be of great interest to researchers, graduate students and engineers who are working in the fields of MEMS and nano-technology.

Materials Modeling, Simulation, and Characterization

Edited by: En-Hou Han, Guang Hong Lu and Xiao Lin Shu

Online since: June 2011

Description: These 74 peer-reviewed papers cover the current understanding of researchers working in the fields of multi-scale modeling and simulation of materials, materials characterization and evaluation. An invaluable source of new ideas.

Defects and Diffusion in Ceramics XII

Edited by: Dr. David J. Fisher

Online since: May 2011

Description: This twelth volume in the series includes 589 abstracts of ceramics research papers, together with original papers on other major material groups, and theory: Studies of the EPR Parameters and Local Structure of Co2+ in ZnO, Structural and Electrical Changes in BIMNVOX Oxide-Ion Conductor, Effect of Film Thickness on Some Optical Properties of Sprayed Pyrolysis Cobalt Oxide Thin Films, A Novel Experimental Approach to Compatible Carbon Nanofiber Diffusion around Circular Carbon Micro-Post Surfaces, Structural Rigidity, Percolation and Transition-Temperature Study of the Ge19Se81-xSbx System, Physical Analysis of Structural Transformation in Ge-Incorporated a-SbxSe100-x System, Study of the Glass Transition Temperature of (Se100-xBix)90Te10 Alloys, A Boost-Up Method of MEMS-Bulk-Micromachining towards C-MEMS Fabrication for Sensing and Manipulating Bioparticles, Electrical and Dielectric Properties of Te15(Se100-xBix)85 Amorphous Glassy Alloys, Low-Power Operation of Pt/Porous Si Schottky-Diode Gas-Sensor through a Reduction in its Breakdown Voltage, Surface Composition Transformation of Thin Film based on Al Grown by CBE on the (001) GaAs Surface Due to Laser Assistance, Characterization and Properties of Iron/Silica-Sand-Nanoparticle Composites, Al-Film/Si-Substrate System Nanoscratching Response Based upon Molecular Dynamics Simulation in NEMS, Probing the Activation Migration Enthalpies of Dislocations in 2024 Aircraft Material using Nuclear and Electrical Techniques, A Numerical Simulation Approach to Convection, Buoyancy Effect, Microfiltration and Flow Analysis as an Influential Lead for Designing and Dimensioning in MEMS, Prediction of Transient Temperature Distribution, HAZ Width and Microstructural Analysis of Submerged Arc-Welded Structural Steel Plates, Evaluation of the Effect of Catalyst Pore-Size Distribution on the Effectiveness Factor in Ethylbenzene Dehydrogenation by Orthogonal Collocation.

High Performance Structures and Materials Engineering

Edited by: Zhou Mark

Online since: March 2011

Description: Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).
The objective of this special collection was to provide a forum for researchers, educators, engineers and government officials, involved in the general areas of Advanced Materials, High-Performance Structures and Materials Engineering, to disseminate their latest research results and exchange views on the future research directions of these fields. The contents of the two-volume set of 351 peer-reviewed papers are grouped into three chapters: High-Performance Structures and Materials Engineering, Computer Science and Material Science and Materials Engineering and Industrial Applications. It will thus constitute a handy guide to these subjects.

Perspectives of nanoscience and nanotechnology

Edited by: Witold Łojkowski and John R. Blizzard

Online since: October 2008

Description: This collection highlights the frontiers of current research in nanotechnology. The scope of the work, Perspectives of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, focusses on the presentation of the current status of the science and technology in various aspects, giving examples of industrial and commercial applications and other invaluable information that could facilitate decisions and indicate future directions of research.

Frontiers in Materials Science and Technology

Edited by: John Bell, Cheng Yan, Lin Ye and Liangchi Zhang

Online since: February 2008

Description: Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).
This special issue aims to provide up-to-date knowledge and the latest scientific concepts and technological developments in the processing, characterization, testing, mechanics, modeling and applications of a broad range of advanced materials.

Defects and Diffusion in Metals III

Edited by: Dr. David J. Fisher

Online since: January 2001

Description: This latest annual look back at the subject includes review papers on some applications of mechanical spectroscopy and magnetic relaxation to the monitoring of diffusion, on the effect of positron diffusion upon their annihilation, on the wind force in electromigration, on the creep of nanocrystalline metals (as related to grain-boundary diffusion) and on self-interstitial atom behaviour at high temperatures in dense metals.