Because of its exceptional electronic and optoelectronic properties, graphene has the potential to become an important material in next-generation electronic and energy applications. This authoritative volume discusses the synthesis, properties, and potential applications of graphene, including in e..
This book presents selected papers on various aspects of rubber engineering, technology, and exploitation. The contributions range from new methods of the modification of filler surface and crosslinks structure of rubber vulcanizates, through modern functional elastomer composites, to aspects of the..
Metal Nanoparticles offers the latest research on the synthesis, characterization, and applications of nanoparticles. Following an introduction of structural, optical, electronic, and electrochemical properties of nanoparticles, the book elaborates on nanoclusters, hyper-Raleigh scattering, nanoarr..
This book explores the use of molecular modeling and simulation for designing application-specific materials that withstand real process conditions. The authors develop a framework for identifying objectives, defining design parameters, and other requirements for planning a modeling project. They pr..
The sixth and final book by the late Brian Wybourne, an accomplished pioneer in the spectroscopy of rare earth ions, and Lidia Smentek, a leading theoretical physicist in the field, this work highlights the impact of lanthanides on modern technology, medicine, biochemistry, and molecular biology. Th..
A comprehensive resource, this book summarizes recent technical research accomplishments in the area of thermodynamics, characterizations, and applications of polymer blends. It begins with an overview of thermodynamic behaviors of non-equilibrium polymers, then covers properties of polymer blends, ..
Providing detailed explanations on the history, development, and main achievements of metamaterials, this state-of-the-art book covers the fundamental physical principles and emerging engineering applications of structured electromagnetic metamaterials that yield a negative refraction. The authors d..
This book provides a comprehensive presentation of the concepts, properties, and applications of classical materials. It also provides the first unified treatment for the broad subject of classical materials. The authors use a fundamental approach to define the structure and properties of a wide ran..
This book presents the analysis of techniques used for the determination of acid-base properties in view of their applicability to examination of solid organic and inorganic surfaces. The book shows the important role that acid-base interactions play in establishing interfacial adhesive-adherent con..
Exploring physical phenomena, such as phase separation, this book presents methods to design polymer blends and predict the phase behavior of binary polymer blends using desktop computers. It describes the thermodynamic basis for miscibility as well as the mathematical models used to predict the com..