Materials can be highly beneficial to humans when their properties are manipulated according to specific requirements. Materials science is a wide field, and can be considered as an interdisciplinary area. It deals with the study of the structure and properties of materials, manipulation of the properties and creation of new forms of materials so as to suit specific applications. This book discusses various topics such as advanced materials and processing, bio-materials (i.e. preparation and modification of new types of biomaterial), nanomaterials and optical materials. Prominent experts from...

Today, materials science is an emerging field of science. It is growing internationally, which is evident by the international and intercontinental collaborations and exchanges. This book aims at providing a comprehensive coverage of selected advanced topics in materials science. This book will serve the needs of researchers and practicing scientists and will prove helpful to students of chemical engineering.

Today, materials science is an emerging field of science. It is growing internationally, which is evident by the international and intercontinental collaborations and exchanges. This book aims at providing a comprehensive coverage of selected advanced topics in materials science. It also presents latest developments that have come up in the wake of researches going on. This book will serve the needs of researchers and practicing scientists and will prove helpful to students of chemical engineering.

This book presents a detailed account on nanoindentation tests, which hold great significance in applied material science. Numerous spheres of science and industry have shown increasing interest in the field of nanotechnology. Over the past few decades, rapid advances have been made in micro-level experimental techniques that have transformed material science completely. It has now become possible to use the knowledge of building blocks and microstructure alterations at nanoscale for design and creation of new materials. There has been a growing interest across various spheres of research and...