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This Sourcebook offers a comprehensive survey of the field of silicon nanomaterials, which is transforming microelectronic devices of today and the future. Volume One covers low-dimensional structures, quantum dots, and nanowires.

"3D bioprinting" refers to processes in which an additive manufacturing approach is used to create devices for medical applications. This volume considers exciting applications for 3D bioprinting, including its use in manufacturing artificial tissues, surgical models, and orthopedic implants.

This book provides an overview on nanostructured thermoelectric materials and devices, covering fundamental concepts, synthesis techniques, device contacts and stability, and potential applications. The contents focus on thermoelectric devices made from nanomaterials with high thermoelectric efficiency for large-scale use.

This Sourcebook offers a comprehensive survey of the field of silicon nanomaterials, which is transforming microelectronic devices of today and the future. Volume One covers low-dimensional structures, quantum dots, and nanowires.

Offers an introduction to ceramic science. This book introduces the structure and properties of ceramics with a focus on solid state physics and chemistry. It considers bonding in ceramics, their physical structures, and their properties. It deals with factors determined by microstructure and thermal, dielectric, magnetic, and optical properties.

This volume provides an accessible, unified introduction to a variety of methods for modeling inorganic materials as their dimensions approach the nanoscale. It guides readers on choosing the most appropriate models and methods for studying the structure and properties (such as atomic structure, optical absorption and luminescence, and electrica

This book is the first to present comprehensive, state-of-the-art coverage of 2D materials and their nanoelectronic applications. Comprised of chapters authored by world-renowned researchers, the text discusses the use of graphene for high-frequency analog circuits, explores logic and photonic applications of molybdenum disulfide, and addresses

This handbook presents the key properties of silicon carbide (SiC), the power semiconductor for the 21st century. It describes related technologies, reports the rapid developments and achievements in recent years, and discusses the remaining challenging issues in the field.The book consists of 15 chapters, beginning with a chapter by Professor W. J. Choyke, the leading authority in the field, and is divided into four sections. The topics include presolar SiC history, vapor-liquid-solid growth, spectroscopic investigations of 3C-SiC/Si, developments and challenges in the 21st century; CVD principles and techniques, homoepitaxy of 4H-SiC, cubic SiC grown on 4H-SiC, SiC thermal oxidation processes and MOS interface, Raman scattering, NIR luminescent studies, Mueller matrix ellipsometry, Raman microscopy and imaging, 4H-SiC UV photodiodes, radiation detectors, and short wavelength and synchrotron X-ray diffraction.This comprehensive work provides a strong contribution to the engineering, materials, and basic science knowledge of the 21st century, and will be of interest to material growers, designers, engineers, scientists, postgraduate students, and entrepreneurs.

Low-dimensional magnetic materials find their wide applications in many areas, including spintronics, memory devices, catalysis, biomedical, sensors, electromagnetic shielding, aerospace, and energy. This book provides a comprehensive discussion on magnetic nanomaterials for emerging applications.Fundamentals along with applications of low-dimensional magnetic materials in spintronics, catalysis, memory, biomedicals, toxic waste removal, aerospace, telecommunications, batteries, supercapacitors, flexible electronics, and many more are covered in detail to provide a full spectrum of their advanced applications.This book offers fresh aspects of nanomagnetic materials and innovative directions to scientists, researchers, and students. It will be of particular interest to materials scientists, engineers, physicists, chemists, and researchers in electronic and spintronic industries, and is suitable as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate studies.

Bioelectronics is emerging as a new area of research where electronics can selectively detect, record, and monitor physiological signals. This is a rapidly expanding area of medical research, that relies heavily on multidisciplinary technology development and cutting-edge research in chemical, biological, engineering, and physical science. This book provides extensive information on the (i) fundamental concepts of bioelectronics, (ii) materials for the developments of bioelectronics such as implantable electronics, self-powered devices, bioelectronic sensors, flexible bioelectronics, etc, and (iii) an overview of the trends and gathering of the latest bioelectronic progress. This book will broaden our knowledge about newer technologies and processes used in bioelectronics.

Fiber reinforced composite materials encompass a wide range of material classes from reinforced glasses, plastics, and rubbers through to various metals and ceramics. This book introduces the topic with a history of composite development, a review of composite applications, the types of fibre used, and their respective individual properties.

Flame Retardant Polymeric Materials provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the field, from basic properties and mechanisms of action for flame retardants to emerging methods, materials, and industrial applications.

This book provides an introduction to the use of Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) and its variants for the processing of nanoparticles, nanowires, nanotubes, nanocomposite coatings, thin and thick films, and composites.

This book provides an overview on nanostructured thermoelectric materials and devices, covering fundamental concepts, synthesis techniques, device contacts and stability, and potential applications. The contents focus on thermoelectric devices made from nanomaterials with high thermoelectric efficiency for large-scale use.

This Sourcebook offers a comprehensive survey of the field of silicon nanomaterials, which is transforming microelectronic devices of today and the future. It spans from fundamental properties, growth mechanisms, and processing of nanosilicon to electronic device, energy conversion and storage, biomedical, and environmental applications.

Brings together materials science, manufacturing processes, and research and developments of SiGe and strained-Si. This book contains the information on strain engineering in silicon CMOS and strained-Si-based integrated circuit technology and strain-engineered MOSFETs. It presents various aspects of silicon heterostructure materials and devices.

This book offers a dedicated overview of multiferroic materials, which are defined as materials possessing at least two ferroic or antiferroic simultaneously. It summarizes the major advances in the last decade along with the fundamentals underlying various multiferroic systems. It begins with an introduction to foundational studies followed by chapters devoted to phenomena unique to the main classes: type-I, type-II, and composite multiferroic materials. Next, the chapters address theoretical approaches: phenomenological, first principles calculations, and symmetry analysis. Finally, the book turns to practical applications and emerging studies.

Covers experimental measurement techniques, simulation of pressure induced phase transformations (PTs), amorphization, and tribology. This book describes a variety of experimental methods and simulation techniques used in the study of PTs. It considers PTs in different materials, namely semiconductors, pseudocrystals and ceramics.

Covers aerospace materials technology, including developments in aluminum, titanium, and nickel alloys, as well as polymers and polymer composites. This book outlines the industrial applications to airframes, aeroengines, and spacecraft. It also examines lightweight materials, and focuses on materials suited to high-temperature applications.

Provides an overview of automotive materials and technologies. This book covers the key designs and materials being used in the industrial manufacturing sector. It also outlines the application of functional materials, such as magnetorheological fluids and smart structures, to several areas of automotive technology.

This book provides an introduction to the geometrical and topological methods that have become essential tools for soft condensed matter physicists. The emphasis is on providing mathematical tools in clear but precise language, focusing on fundamental concepts using real examples to illustrate for readers in vivid, three-dimensional fashion. The motivation is clearly provided using problems from soft condensed matter, from the packing of colloids to liquid crystals and thermal fluctuations of lipid membranes.

Presents a comprehensive review of topics fundamental to metallurgy and materials science. This book includes chapters on the casting techniques most commonly used in industry. It describes the underlying science fundamental to solidification mechanisms. It considers the microstructure of cast materials and their defects.

Presents an introduction to a wide selection of topics in solid materials. This book covers stress and strain, wave propagation, thermal properties, surface waves, polarons, phonons, point defects, magnetism, and charge density waves.

The understanding and control of transport phenomena in materials processing play an important role in the improvement of conventional processes and in the development of new techniques. This book addresses the understanding of these phenomena in materials processing situations.