This book addresses the recent trends in high-temperature coatings that are used to provide oxidation and wear resistance to metallic/ceramic components in extreme environments. Ceramics, intermetallics, organosilicon polymers, cermets, and other materials with great thermal stability have long been recognized for these applications. This book introduces the state of the art in coating materials and processes for high-temperature environments and identifies areas for improvement in materials selection, performance upgrades, design considerations, and manufacturing methods. The book covers a...
This book addresses the recent trends in high-temperature coatings that are used to provide oxidation and wear resistance to metallic/ceramic componen...
This book addresses the recent trends in thermal and environmental barrier coatings and their applications in extreme environments. It introduces the state of the art in coating materials and processes for high and ultrahigh-temperature environments and identifies areas for improvement in materials selection, performance upgrades, design considerations, and manufacturing methods. This book also covers fundamental studies involving modelling, creating coating architectures, coating preparation methods, and coating capability throughout a wide temperature range. The book examines a...
This book addresses the recent trends in thermal and environmental barrier coatings and their applications in extreme environments. It introdu...
This book highlights the importance of surface nanomaterials for analytical applications and diagnostics. As widely been stated, surface is the base for all downstream analytical applications and the incorporation of additional material to form a hybrid makes a drastic improvement in the performance of the surfaces. Even though, metallic hybrid materials play a pivotal role, non-metallic and metallic hybrid materials yield new avenues. Characterization of these hybrid nanomaterials provides a detailed insight, which attests to new inventions and novel materials. Hybrid nanomaterials...
This book highlights the importance of surface nanomaterials for analytical applications and diagnostics. As widely been stated, surface is the bas...
This book highlights the latest advances in advanced insulating materials. Energy crisis and environmental pollution are two major themes currently faced by the human society. It is of unprecedented strategic importance to construct a strong smart grid with super/ultra-high voltage network as the backbone and clean energy transmission as the leading force. However, the performance of electrical equipment and devices is greatly determined by the properties of their insulating materials, especially when they have to work in extreme circumstances including high-temperature differences, intense...
This book highlights the latest advances in advanced insulating materials. Energy crisis and environmental pollution are two major themes currently fa...
This book highlights the pulchritudinous features of FRP composites emphasizing failure criteria referring to microstructural as well as micromechanical aspects. The potential and promises of this class of material as being explored for supercritical applications necessitate the analysis and assessment of FRPs with a spectrum of low to high strain rates. Additionally, constitutive modeling and shock properties of polymeric composites along with the data processing techniques and relevant theories for different characterization methods are conversed. The findings of previous studies...
This book highlights the pulchritudinous features of FRP composites emphasizing failure criteria referring to microstructural as well as micromecha...
This book highlights a comprehensive review of synthesis, properties, and strategies to improve the applicability of 2D materials like graphene, borophenes, metal nanosheets, phosphorene, and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). It also highlights the synthesis of 2D-based hybrid composite materials and their effects on applicability, especially in energy, environment, and biomedical applications, by incorporating surface functional groups, metal/non-metal ions, and polymers. The advancement in innovative technology and use of 2D-based hybrid composite materials can improve the...
This book highlights a comprehensive review of synthesis, properties, and strategies to improve the applicability of 2D materials like graphene, bo...
This book provides an in-depth exploration of the transformative role of smart nanomaterials in biomedical science, with a specific focus on their mechanical properties, characterization techniques, and functional performance. It examines critical aspects such as mechanical testing, tribological behavior, phase transformations, bioactivity, coating technologies, thermal properties, and corrosion resistance. These areas are essential for understanding nanomaterials' structural integrity, durability, and adaptability in biomedical applications. The book offers detailed insights into how...
This book provides an in-depth exploration of the transformative role of smart nanomaterials in biomedical science, with a specific focus on their ...
This book provides an introduction to 2D materials, their current fabrication techniques, and characterization. It focuses on the wide applications of 2D materials in electromagnetic shielding applications, high power sensors, electrochemical energy storage, supercapacitors, photo detectors, medical and biomedical fields and energy storage devices. 2D materials such as graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD), MXenes and so on, have attracted a lot of attention because of their ability to be integrated in various functional devices.
This book provides an introduction to 2D materials, their current fabrication techniques, and characterization. It focuses on the wide applications...
This book highlights an in-depth examination of metal nanoparticles as transformative agents in colorimetric sensing technology. Targeted toward researchers, practitioners, and students in nanotechnology, analytical chemistry, and related fields, this book consolidates the latest advancements in nanoparticle-based colorimetric systems for highly sensitive and selective detection. With chapters dedicated to gold, copper, iron, silver, platinum, and palladium nanoparticles, it explores their unique optical and catalytic properties and their role in diverse applications, from biosensing and...
This book highlights an in-depth examination of metal nanoparticles as transformative agents in colorimetric sensing technology. Targeted toward re...
This book delves into the practical applications of perovskite materials in optoelectronics, covering solar cells, light-emitting diodes, photodetectors, neuromorphic devices, lasers, and X-ray detectors in various forms including bulk, two-dimensional (2D), and zero-dimensional (0D). It addresses the pressing need for scalable fabrication processes, performance optimization, and stability concerns associated with perovskite-based devices. With a detailed examination of fundamental properties and challenges, this book serves as a comprehensive guide for scientists, technologists, and...
This book delves into the practical applications of perovskite materials in optoelectronics, covering solar cells, light-emitting diodes, photodetecto...