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Libros en Ciencia de Materiales

  • Advanced Manufacturing and Joining Technologies for Composite Materials

    • 1 Edición
    • Pawan Kumar Rakesh + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Advanced Manufacturing and Joining Technologies for Composite Materials delves into pivotal advancements that have enhanced performance and cost-effectiveness. The book covers topics not commonly addressed in other references, including automated composite manufacturing, out-of-autoclave curing, nanostructured composites, smart composites, recycling and sustainability, and hybrid composites. Additionally, it addresses the modeling and simulation of composite manufacturing processes and the joining of composite laminates for product development, offering an exciting exploration for readers and learners.Automation and robotics have transformed manufacturing processes, with techniques like automated fiber placement and automated tape laying ensuring precise and consistent reinforcement fiber placement. This minimizes human error, improves repeatability, and expedites production. Material science breakthroughs have given rise to smart composites capable of sensing, responding, and adapting to environmental changes. These smart composites find applications in structural health monitoring, shape-shifting structures, and adaptive aerodynamics.

  • Harnessing Fiber-Based Natural Biomaterials

    For Tissue Engineering and Regeneration
    • 1 Edición
    • Mohit Kumar + 4 más
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    Harnessing Fiber-based Natural Biomaterials: For Tissue Engineering and Regeneration explores in detail the utilization of these materials in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. The chapters cover fabrication techniques, scaffold design, cell interactions, and regenerative therapies along with their mechanical aspects. The book begins with an introduction to fundamental concepts, key challenges, and future opportunities for utilizing these materials in biomedical applications. Emphasis is placed on their characteristics and properties, fabrication strategies such as electrospinning, and 3D printing, as well as the source of biomaterials such as plant, animal, marine or microbial-derived biomaterials. A range of applications in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine are detailed, including bone, cartilage, skin, and nervous tissue. This book is a valuable reference for academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists and engineers, manufacturers, chemists, biomedical engineers, and those working in the research and development of natural-based scaffolds for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

  • Eggshell for Biomedical Applications

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    • Mahesh K. Sah + 2 más
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    Eggshell for Biomedical Applications is an authoritative exploration of eggshell's diverse biomedical uses. Offering a sustainable resource for biomaterials development, eggshell is an important natural alternative to traditional synthetic materials; this book reviews advances in this area and provides a holistic overview of the benefits and uses of eggshell for biomedical applications. This guide covers the unique properties of eggshell and eggshell membrane, such as high biocompatibility and antimicrobial activity, as well as a broad range of suitable biomedical applications, including drug delivery, tissue engineering, wound healing, and biosensors. The commercialization of eggshell products is explored, detailing new-to-market products as well as key patents. Eggshell for Biomedical Applications is of interest to researchers and academics in the fields of materials science, biomaterials, biomedical engineering, pharmaceutical sciences, and regenerative medicine.

  • Recent Advances in Functional Adhesives for Biomedical Applications

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    • Sougata Jana + 1 más
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    Recent Advances in Functional Adhesives for Biomedical Applications explores the critical role of rapid tissue management in cases of trauma, accidents, and surgical procedures. Traditional suturing techniques, although widely used, can be time-consuming, uncomfortable, and damaging to delicate tissues, requiring skilled professionals. This book examines the emergence of tissue adhesives as viable alternatives, discussing their limitations and the ongoing research to create improved functional adhesives. These developments aim to offer safer, more effective solutions for tissue repair and wound management in healthcare settings.Beyond the advancements in adhesive technology, the book provides a comprehensive overview of historical developments and current market trends in tissue adhesive use. It delves into the underlying chemistry of tissue adhesion, offering readers a deeper understanding of how these materials interact with biological tissues. Additionally, the book reviews various types of functional tissue adhesives designed for multifunctional applications, detailing their specific biomedical uses.

  • 3D Printing of Polymer Composites

    Fibers, Particles and Matrix
    • 1 Edición
    • Vinod Ayyappan + 4 más
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    3D Printing of Polymer Composites: Fibers, Particles and Matrix explores the complexities of the dynamic interplay between these three components and their interactions in the polymer-based 3D printing process. The book includes theoretical foundations as well as practical applications, providing insights into optimizing material compositions, overcoming challenges related to fiber and particle integration, and for enhancing the overall print quality of materials and final components. It will be a valuable reference for researchers on the intricacies of this technology, enabling them to make informed decisions, troubleshoot key challenges, and push future boundaries on what is possible.

  • Conducting Polymers and their Functionalization

    Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications
    • 1 Edición
    • Sapana Jadoun
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    Conducting Polymers and their Functionalization: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications offers a comprehensive guide on the synthesis techniques, characterization methods, functionalization approaches, and diverse applications of conducting polymers. The book begins with an overview of different types of conductive polymers, their electrical properties, and conductivity mechanisms. It then progresses to strategies for functionalization, including chemical, doping, hybridization, copolymerization, and post-polymerization modifications. Further sections explore various chemical synthesis approaches, detailing their resulting properties and discussing the advantages and disadvantages of each technique. Case studies on potential applications are also included to enhance the learning process.The book features a dedicated chapter on the applications of functionalized conducting polymers in several fields, from water treatment to bioelectronics, environmental sensing, imaging, and optoelectronics. As a valuable resource to researchers, polymers scientists, engineers, and advanced students working with conductive polymers, the book covers present challenges and future research directions, highlighting potential applications of functionalized conducting polymers.

  • Industrial Applications of Nanocrystals

    • 1 Edición
    • Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain + 1 más
    • Inglés

  • Polymer, Metal, and Ceramic Composites Manufacturing

    Material Fundamentals and Conventional and Additive Manufacturing Techniques
    • 1 Edición
    • Kuldeep Agarwal
    • Inglés
    Polymer, Metal, and Ceramic Composites Manufacturing: Material Fundamentals and Conventional and Additive Manufacturing Techniques offers a detailed, comparative analysis of the various techniques that can be used to create these materials, from conventional to cutting-edge. The book provides insights into the fundamentals of composite materials, covering their properties and applications, discussing options for their manufacture, and highlighting challenges, solutions, and best-use applications. Conventional techniques such as vacuum bagging, filament winding, powder metallurgy, solid state welding, and more are outlined. Additive manufacturing techniques covered include fused deposition modeling, stereolithography, selective laser sintering, digital light processing, and more.The book also provides a comparative analysis of these manufacturing techniques, discussing the material properties, manufacturing process efficiency, and environmental impact of both conventional and additive manufacturing of these materials. Case studies, quality control, testing methods, and future trends are also included.

  • Advanced Smart Hydrogel Modeling

    • 1 Edición
    • Hua Li
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    Advanced Smart Hydrogel Modeling provides structured computational models alongside experimental validation for predicting hydrogel performance under complex biochemical and physical stimuli. Guidance on using these models in specific biomedical and engineering applications is also covered, as are the latest developments in the area of hydrogels. Stimuli discussed include magnetic field, pressure coupled with temperature, pH coupled with magnetic field, salt concentration, light, glucose or carbohydrate concentration, urea concentration, and pH coupled with oxygen concentration.The book also includes a chapter discussing the plant mimosa pudica as a smart natural plant system, focusing on two-dimensional biochemical-electric... transient models to capture its rapid collapse and slow recovery movements, providing a bridge from smart artificial synthesis materials to smart natural materials.

  • Applied Nanoplasmonics

    Applications in Chemical Sensing and Radiation Detection
    • 1 Edición
    • Prasanta Mandal + 2 más
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    Applied Nanoplasmonics: Applications in Chemical Sensing and Radiation Detection dives into the world of plasmonics and its various applications in modern technology. It covers fundamental concepts, detailed nanofabrication methods for creating plasmonic and photonic structures, computational modeling, and practical uses. Notable advancements like plasmonic SERS chemical sensing, absorbing metamaterials, and plasmonic tweezers are comprehensively discussed, bridging the gap between theoretical understanding and practical implementation. In addition to fundamentals, the book reviews surface plasmons and their dispersion, excitation techniques, nanofabrication, and applications in solar energy, radiation sensing, photodetection, and opto-electronic devices.The chapter on SPASER examines its core principles and limitations, making the book an essential reference for researchers in this multidisciplinary field.

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