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  • Engineered 1D and 2D Biopolymers for Water Purification and Biomedical Applications

    • 1st Edition
    • Mahmoud H. Abu Elella + 2 more
    • English
    Engineered 1D and 2D Biopolymers for Water Purification and Biomedical Applications presents cutting-edge research on biopolymers and their engineered materials, discussing advancements of 1D and 2D biopolymer technologies and showcasing their applications in water purification and biomedical fields. The book starts with an introduction to biopolymers and their engineered formulations, highlighting their classifications, properties, and fabrication methods. It then covers practical solutions for water purification, including the use of biopolymer micro- and nanofibers, nanotube technology-modified biopolymers, and thin layered biopolymer films.Other chapters explore recent developments in biopolymer-based micro- and nanofibers, smart thin films, and 2D membrane technology, along with applications in fabric technologies, cotton textiles, and advanced filter paper in biomedical settings. By offering in-depth coverage of the synthesis, properties, and applications of engineered biopolymers, this book is a valuable resource for researchers and industry professionals interested in expanding their knowledge of biopolymer applications in environmental remediation and biomedical fields.

  • Superalloys

    Strengthening Behavior of Precipitating Phases
    • 1st Edition
    • Jung Bahadur Singh
    • English
    Superalloys: Strengthening Behavior of Precipitating Phases covers the strengthening mechanisms associated with all types of precipitates that form in superalloys, synthesizing a vast body of literature on the strengthening behavior of these phases, with each chapter introducing fundamental metallurgical principles to help readers develop a clear understanding. It provides an in-depth exploration of the deformation mechanisms of intermetallic phases in superalloys, focusing on the interaction between matrix dislocations and these phases. The book is structured into seven chapters, each focusing on different aspects of superalloys, the strengthening precipitates, and their mechanisms. Chapter 1 provides an overview of superalloys, their classifications, compositions, and the various strengthening phases, also covering the reasons behind the varying strengthening behavior of different precipitates. Chapter 2 lays the foundation for understanding deformation and strengthening mechanisms in metals and alloys, while chapters 3, 4, and 5 each focus on the strengthening behavior and mechanisms of specific precipitates, γ′, γ″, and Ni2(Cr,Mo), respectively. Chapter 6 discusses the strengthening effects of the δ and η phases, which form at intermediate temperatures and play a crucial role in controlling grain size, enhancing creep and fatigue resistance. Chapter 7 examines the role of other strengthening agents, including oxides, borides, and carbides, which improve the high-temperature strength by impeding dislocation motion and grain boundary sliding.

  • Graphene and 2D Materials in Heat Transfer

    Fundamentals and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Mohammad Khalid + 3 more
    • English
    Heat transfer is a major engineering challenge that has implications in several areas including space, energy, transportation, manufacturing, and medicine. Graphene and other 2D materials have outstanding thermo-physical properties. As a result, these materials are being exploited in various applications. Although several reports have been published on fundamental heat transfer aspects of such materials, the topic remains challenging to understand for many who are new to it.Graphene and 2D Materials in Heat Transfer: Fundamentals and Applications aims to provide readers with the most recent information on the synthesis and applications of graphene in heat transfer. Furthermore, mechanical and thermal properties of 2D materials, solid-liquid interface phonon transfer at the molecular level, methods and observations of transport phenomena in nano-micro domains will be addressed. The book also offers detailed coverage of the emerging applications of 2D nanofluids and nanolubricants as alternatives to conventional heat transfer fluids The book explores applications in microchannel heat sinks, micro heat exchangers, and micro heat pipes, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations for heat transport problems related to 2D materials and applications. In addition, convective heat transfer approaches for 2D materials and nanocomposites are also addressed.This is an important reference source for materials scientists and engineers who want to learn more about how graphene and other classes of 2D materials are being used as heat transfer agents.

  • Advances in Functionalized Nanocomposites for Water Remediation

    Emerging Trends and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Piyush Kumar + 3 more
    • English
    Advances in Functionalized Nanocomposites for Water Remediation: Emerging Trends and Applications provides a comprehensive overview of functionalized nanomaterials, detailing their synthesis, characterization, and real-world applications in mitigating water pollution. Sections cover advanced methods for engineering nanocomposites, including surface modification, chemical functionalization, and surface grafting techniques, all designed to enhance performance and efficiency. Additionally, the book outlines strategies for optimizing nanocomposite design and explains the mechanisms involved in the removal of heavy metals, hydrophobic substances, pharmaceuticals, radioactive waste, pesticides, and agricultural runoff while also addressing the associated challenges in these areas.Current challenges, regulatory considerations, and future prospects are also discussed. This is a valuable reference for students, researchers, and industry professionals, offering detailed insights into the fundamentals of functionalized nanocomposites and their application on water remediation and treatment.

  • Remote Sensing Techniques for Blue Carbon and Coastal Ecosystem Monitoring

    • 1st Edition
    • Uzair Aslam Bhatti + 2 more
    • English
    Remote Sensing Techniques for Blue Carbon and Coastal Ecosystem Monitoring offers a comprehensive exploration of cutting-edge remote sensing technologies for the effective monitoring and conservation of blue carbon ecosystems, including mangroves and seagrass beds. In the face of increasing threats from emerging contaminants such as plastics, pharmaceuticals, and pollutants, this book highlights the vital role these ecosystems play in carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation. Combining satellite imagery, UAV-based sensing, hyperspectral techniques, and ecological models with GIS integration, it provides both theoretical insights and practical case studies from around the world.Essential for students, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, this guide equips readers with the tools necessary to assess ecosystem health, inform management strategies, and support sustainable coastal development in a rapidly changing environment.

  • Inclusive Entrepreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals

    A Global Research Perspective
    • 1st Edition
    • Colette Henry + 4 more
    • English
    Inclusive Entrepreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Global Research Perspective brings together a collection of high caliber research-based chapters on the topic of inclusive entrepreneurship and UN Sustainable Development Goals. This edited volume makes the important link between the drive for inclusive entrepreneurship and addressing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Chapters draw on a range of geographical and cultural contexts and are authored by leading international scholars. Sections offer valuable contemporary content that can contribute to teaching and research in inclusive entrepreneurship, equality studies and sustainability for a variety of purposes.The book begins with introductory chapters covering theoretical concepts, overviews of the field, systematic literature reviews, and so on, and continues with empirically based research chapters exploring specific countries, different sectors, challenges, and approaches to solving the issues articulated in the SDGs. It concludes with future approaches and mindsets required to address the SDGs for a more inclusive society. This book will serve as a valuable reference to academics, researchers, doctoral students, and those with a stake in the entrepreneurship, inclusivity, and their relationship to the SDGs.

  • Chemosensor Arrays

    Fundamental Pattern Recognition, Development and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Tsuyoshi Minami + 2 more
    • English
    Chemosensor Arrays: Fundamental Pattern Recognition, Development and Applications provides practical advice for anyone interested in pattern recognition-driven chemical sensing. Sections will help researchers working on the design and application of chemosensor arrays, giving them the tools they need to accurately interpret data patterns in molecular recognition chemistry. Beginning with an introduction to chemosensing, its principles, and the fundamentals of computational principles and methods, the book goes on to explore key design strategies and examples with chapters on a biological nose, artificial nose, and artificial tongue. Applications for real-world scenarios are then discussed, along with considerations of future needs and developments.As demand has increased for innovative methods in simple everyday monitoring, chemists are focusing on chemical sensors based on molecular recognition chemistry. Conventional approaches involved the development of selective chemical sensors to specifically detect species of interest, whilst more recent studies have revealed the potential of cross-reactive molecular recognition. Such approaches, combined with pattern recognition, are a powerful technique to gain much qualitative and quantitative information.

  • Sustainable Nanofillers

    Fundamentals, Synthesis, and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Shadpour Mallakpour + 1 more
    • English
    Sustainable Nanofillers: Fundamentals, Synthesis, and Applications covers the latest advances in sustainable nanofillers, presenting fundamental concepts, state-of-the-art techniques, enhanced properties and novel applications. The book explains essential theoretical aspects, key concepts and methods for synthesis and fabrication. Sections provide coverage of sustainable nanofillers for a wide range of innovative applications, including in pharmaceuticals, biomedicine, drug delivery, environment, oils, lubricants, and fuels, rubber and tires, catalysis, antibacterial and antifungal coatings, textiles, bioactive materials, food and food packaging, and household goods. Final sections offer information on environmental, legal and health and safety issues, approaches to commercialization and standardization, and future opportunities. This is a valuable resource for researchers and advanced students across nanotechnology, polymer science, chemistry, sustainable materials, chemical engineering, and materials science, as well as for scientists, engineers, and R&D professionals with an interest in sustainable nanofillers for a range of industrial applications.

  • Consciousness

    A Comprehensive Reference
    • 2nd Edition
    • Antonino Raffone
    • English
    The field of consciousness research has developed over the last decades by interdisciplinary and multi-method investigations, through the integration of theoretical, empirical and clinical studies. Consciousness research is relevant across philosophy, psychology, neurology, cognitive and affective neurosciences, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence, among other disciplines. The implicated research methods include psychophysical, psychophysiological and behavioral methods, subjective reporting (with or without trained introspection), electrophysiology and neuroimaging, the brain lesion method, and computational modelling. Consciousness has also been studied in developmental, lifespan, comparative, and evolutionary perspectives. Insights have also been gained by deficient consciousness (e.g., due to brain lesions) and enhanced awareness (e.g., related to meditation states and traits). Research that once was separate inquiries in discreet disciplines is converging. List serves and conferences focused on consciousness are proliferating. New journals have emerged in this field. A huge number of monographs and edited treatises have recently been published on consciousness, but there is no recognized entry point to the field, no comprehensive summary. This encyclopedia is that reference, from the first edition to the second one. Organized thematically, coverage encompasses a summary of major research and scientific thought regarding the nature of consciousness, the neural circuitry involved, how the brain, body, and world interact, and our understanding of subjective states. The work includes contributions covering neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, and artificial intelligence to provide a comprehensive backdrop to recent and ongoing investigations into the nature of conscious experience from a philosophical, psychological, and biological perspective. Sections are: 1. Philosophy and History - Philosophy - History 2. Concepts, methodological principles and theories - Paradigms and Perspectives - Core Concepts - Methodological Principles - Theories 3. Psychology of consciousness - Memory - Action - Emotion - Self - States of Consciousness - Higher Level Cognition - Social Psychology 4. Psychology of consciousness, perception and attention - Perception - Attention 5. Neuroscience of consciousness - Cognitive neuroscience and neurobiology - Neurology

  • Solar Energy Solutions for Sustainable Urban and Built Environment

    • 1st Edition
    • Xingxing Zhang + 1 more
    • English
    Solar Energy Solutions for Sustainable Urban and Built Environment provides a single comprehensive source of the latest solar energy systems, both solar thermal and electrical, in the built and urban environment. The book is structured in three interconnected sections, with the first focusing on small-scale solar energy systems and technologies and presenting recent research in building-integrated photovoltaics and solar thermal systems, radio interference from PV systems, and sustainability of PV systems. Within the built environment and throughout the book, the goal is to reduce the carbon footprint of buildings through energy efficiency and the use of more solar energy resources.The second part of the book examines large-scale energy systems with solar resources, exploring the development of flexible energy systems to integrate more solar resources in cities, while improving our planning and design of energy infrastructure to handle the increasing demand for both electricity and heating. Finally, the third section highlights various innovative topics related to solar assisted energy-efficient buildings. This is a valuable resource for all those with an interest in solar energy, energy systems, built environment, and urban planning, including researchers, advanced students, faculty, engineers, R&D, scientists, industry professionals, consultants, and policy makers.

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