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  • Smartphones for Chemical Analysis: From Proof-of-concept to Analytical Applications

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 101
    • English
    Smartphones for Chemical Analysis: From Proof-of-Concept to Analytical Applications, Volume 101 in the Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry series, highlights new advances in this broadening field, with chaters that cover Smartphone-based assay benchmarking using traditional instrumental analysis, Smartphone-based water analysis, Sample preparation in smartphone-based analysis: Current status and challenges, Application of smartphone-based analysis in the medical field, Smartphone-based biosensors in the food analysis field, Bioreceptors for smartphone detection, Smartphone "anatomy": Features used for ubiquitous sensing, and much more. Additional chapters cover End-user integration for at-home analysis, Hyphenating paper-based biosensors with smartphones, Smartphone based Fluorescent and chemiluminescent sensing, Smartphones for portable surface enhanced raman spectroscopy, Towards a universal applicable photonics approach and sustainable spectral data, Integrating blockchain and image analyses on smartphones to create a secure food export pipeline, Smartphone-based electrochemical (bio)sensors: state of the art and perspective, Micro-and nanoplastic detection through a point of site platform platform, and Benchmarking using ambient mass spectrometry.

  • Biomechanics of the Female Reproductive System: Breast and Pelvic Organs

    From Model to Patient
    • 1st Edition
    • Mathias Brieu + 2 more
    • English
    Biomechanics of the Female Reproductive System: Breast and Pelvic Organs: From Models to Patients synthesizes complementary advances in women’s reproductive biomechanics, medical imaging analysis, patient-specific characterization, and computational finite element models. The book discusses the biomechanical aspects related to the breast and female pelvic floor system at each step of development. The table of contents also covers certain events and diseases, including cancers, delivery, aging, breast, hysterectomy or prolapse surgery. It presents the main biomechanical experimental results obtained and models developed this last decade to highlight the importance of accounting for patient-specific history and aging characteristics to consider damage growth effect and impact. As part of Elsevier’s Biomechanics of Living Organs series, this book provides an opportunity for students, researchers, clinicians and engineers to study the main topics related to the biomechanics of the women’s reproductive system in a single book written by a global base of experts.

  • Biopolymers

    Synthesis, Properties, and Emerging Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Valentina Sessini + 2 more
    • English
    Biopolymers: Synthesis, Properties, and Emerging Applications presents the state-of-the-art in biopolymers, bringing together detailed information on synthesis strategies, processing and cutting-edge applications. The book begins by introducing the synthesis, processing and structural and functional properties of smart biopolymers and bionanocomposites. Subsequent chapters focus on the synthesis and preparation of biopolymers with valuable properties or for specific advanced applications, including piezoelectric properties, shape memory properties, biodegradable polymer blends, synthesis and assembly of nanomaterials, synthesis of green biopolymers, and catalytic synthesis of bio-sourced polyesters and polycarbonate, as well as applications in active food packaging, water purification, biomedicine, 3D printing, and automotive. Throughout the book, there are analyses of different synthesis strategies and processing methods and their role and use in different fields of application, whilst the important challenges relating to scalable processing and shaping and micro and nano structuration are also discussed. The book also strives to balance the synthetic aspects of biopolymers with physical principles, highlighting biopolymer-based architectures including composite or hybrid conjugates, providing in-depth discussion of important examples of reaction mechanisms, and exploring potential applications of biopolymer and conjugates, ranging from physical to chemical and biological systems.

  • Rivers of North America

    • 2nd Edition
    • Michael D. Delong + 3 more
    • English
    Rivers of North America, Second Edition features new updates on rivers included in the first edition, as well as brand new information on additional rivers. This new edition expands the knowledge base, providing readers with a broader comparative approach to understand both the common and distinct attributes of river networks. The first edition addressed the three primary disciplines of river science: hydrology, geomorphology, and ecology. This new edition expands upon the interactive nature of these disciplines, showing how they define the organization of a riverine landscape and its processes. An essential resource for river scientists working in ecology, hydrology, and geomorphology.

  • Advances in Bioenergy

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 8
    • English
    Advances in Bioenergy, Volume Eight highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of topics, including Chemical synthesis of platform chemical from lignocellulosic biomass for fuels and polymers application, Current technologies and applications of CO2 utilization into bio-products, Synthesis of Polyhydroxyalkanoate... (PHA) from renewable resources, Biocomposite, Production and application of biochar, Conversion of biomass to functional materials, MSW characterization and preprocessing for biofuels and bioproducts, and Thermal chemical conversion of municipal solid waste to fuels and chemicals.

  • Liquid Chromatography

    Fundamentals and Instrumentation
    • 3rd Edition
    • Salvatore Fanali + 4 more
    • English
    Liquid Chromatography: Fundamentals and Instrumentation, Third Edition offers a single source of authoritative information on all aspects of the practice of modern liquid chromatography. The book gives those working in academia and industry the opportunity to learn, refresh, and deepen their understanding of the field by covering basic and advanced theoretical concepts, recognition mechanisms, conventional and advanced instrumentation, method development, data analysis, and more. This third edition addresses new developments in the field with updated chapters from expert researchers. The book is a valuable reference for research scientists, teachers, university students, industry professionals in research and development, and quality control managers.

  • Robotics for Cell Manipulation and Characterization

    • 1st Edition
    • Changsheng Dai + 2 more
    • English
    Robotics for Cell Manipulation and Characterization provides fundamental principles underpinning robotic cell manipulation and characterization, state-of-the-art technical advances in micro/nano robotics, new discoveries of cell biology enabled by robotic systems, and their applications in clinical diagnosis and treatment. This book covers several areas, including robotics, control, computer vision, biomedical engineering and life sciences using understandable figures and tables to enhance readers’ comprehension and pinpoint challenges and opportunities for biological and biomedical research.

  • Fundamentals of Risk Management for Process Industry Engineers

    • 1st Edition
    • Maureen Hassall + 1 more
    • English
    Fundamentals of Risk Management for Process Industry Engineers outlines foundational principles of human-centered, sociotechnical risk management, and how they can be applied to deliver real improvements in risk identification, understanding, analysis, control, communication, and governance. To maximize sustainable competitiveness requires the identification and optimization of the range of risks that can impact a business. Hence, understanding the foundational principles of sociotechnical risk management is required to design and execute effective risk identification, optimization, and management strategies.

  • Thermomechanics of Solids and Structures

    Physical Mechanisms, Continuum Mechanics, and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Marko Canadija
    • English
    Thermomechanics of Solids and Structures: Physical Mechanisms, Continuum Mechanics, and Applications covers kinematics, balance equations, the strict thermodynamic frameworks of thermoelasticity, thermoplasticity, creep covering constitutive equations, the physical mechanisms of deformation, along with computational aspects. The book concludes with coverage of the thermodynamics of solids and applications of the constitutive three-dimensional model to both one-dimensional homogeneous and composite beam structures. Practical applications of the theories and techniques covered are emphasized throughout the book, with analytical solutions provided for various problems.

  • Computational Modelling and Simulations for Designing of Corrosion Inhibitors

    Fundamentals and Realistic Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Dakeshwar Kumar Verma + 2 more
    • English
    Computational Modeling and Simulations for Designing of Corrosion Inhibitors: Fundamentals and Realistic Applications offers a collection of major advancements in the field of computational modeling for the design and testing of corrosion inhibition effectiveness of organic corrosion inhibitors. This guide presents the latest developments in molecular modeling of organic compounds using computational software, which has emerged as a powerful approach for theoretical determination of corrosion inhibition potentials of organic compounds. The book covers common techniques involved in theoretical studies of corrosion inhibition potentials, and mechanisms such as density functional theory, molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo simulations, artificial neural networks, and quantitative structure-activity relationship.

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