Browsing Center for Advanced Materials by Type "Book chapter"
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Adhesion Improvement Between Polyethylene and Aluminum Using Eco-Friendly Plasma Treatment
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Adsorption
( Springer International Publishing , 2018 , Book chapter)Removing of wastewater pollutants by novel adsorption techniques is urgent as they are continuously defiling the limited freshwater resources, seriously affecting the terrestrial, ecosystems, aquatic, and aerial flora and ... -
Advances in 4D Printing of Shape-Memory Materials: Current Status and Developments
( Springer International Publishing , 2022 , Book chapter)The next generation 3D printing is now termed as four-dimensional (4D) printing technology that involves the printing of complex geometries with smart materials. The rise of 4D technological developments leads to finding ... -
Antibacterial Polyvinylchloride Pre-Treated by Barrier Plasma
( Nova Science Publishers, Inc. , 2010 , Book chapter)A multistep physicochemical approach making use of plasma technology combined with wet chemistry has fueled considerable interest in delivery of surface-active antiadherence materials. In the first step of the approach, ... -
Beneficial effect of carbon nanotubes on membrane properties for fuel cell application
( Elsevier , 2019 , Book chapter)Due to growing environmental problems, fuel cells have attracted worldwide attention as a promising alternative clean-energy source. A number of scientific groups are working to develop the fuel cell and make it a viable ... -
Can biodegradable plastics solve plastic solid waste accumulation ?
( Elsevier , 2018 , Book chapter)Polymers are fast becoming a serious environmental hazard, and are normally disposed of through landfilling, recycling, and incineration. Landfill sites are becoming increasingly scarce, and incineration contributes to air ... -
Chapter 1 - Overview: Clay Preparation, Properties, Modification
( Matthew Deans , 2017 , Book chapter)This chapter reviews clay physicochemical properties and general methods of modification with a view to making a clay–polymer nanocomposite. The first part includes an overview of clays, their different structures, and ... -
CHAPTER 12: Hybrid Nano-filler for Value Added Rubber Compounds for Recycling
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2019 , Book chapter)The generation of waste and its treatment is a challenging problem nowadays. Rubber that is generally considered for recycling comes from the tyres of vehicles. After their use, the waste tyres can lead to hazardous effects ... -
CHAPTER 7: Metal Oxide-based Disposable Sensors for Health Monitoring
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2021 , Book chapter)Metal oxides and their use as disposable sensors in food, environment, and particularly health monitoring have been addressed over recent decades due to their low-cost, ease of use, high sensitivity, fast response and ... -
CHAPTER 9: Combination of Carbon Nitride and Semiconductors for the Enhancement of the Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants and Hydrogen Production
( Royal Society of Chemistry , 2021 , Book chapter)This chapter summarizes the utilization of promoted graphitic carbon nitride (gCN) semiconductors in photocatalytic hydrogen generation and photocatalytic environmental remediation. This includes the methods of tailoring, ... -
Clay/Conductive Polymer Nanocomposites
( Elsevier Inc. , 2017 , Book chapter)This chapter describes the main strategies for designing clay nanocomposites of the most investigated inherently conductive polymers, namely, polypyrrole, polyaniline, and polythiophenes including poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) ... -
Cold Plasma-An Efficient Tool for Nanotechnological Modification of Polyester-Based Polymers
( Apple Academic Press , 2024 , Book chapter)Polyester surface was pretreated by cold plasma to improve its adhesive properties. The changes in the chemical structure of the pretreated polymer were analyzed by attenuated total reflectance Fourier-transform infrared ... -
Combination of Shape-Memory Polymers and Metal Alloys
( Springer International Publishing , 2022 , Book chapter)Stimuli-responsive metal alloys and polymers considerably varied their properties like mechanical, optical, electrical properties, and shape upon exposure to external conditions like temperature, light, electric field, ... -
Correction to: Polymer Nanocomposites in Biomedical Engineering
( Springer , 2019 , Book chapter)In the original version of the book, the following belated corrections have been incorporated: The co-editor names ''Basheer Ahmed'' has been changed to ''M. Basheer Ahamed'' and ''Al-Maadeed Mariam Ali S A'' has been ... -
Development and Properties of Amorphous Particles Reinforced Al Matrix Nanocomposites
( Elsevier , 2021 , Book chapter)Aluminum metal matrix composites (AMMCs) fabricated by reinforcing aluminum matrix with ceramic particles have received considerable attention because of their superior properties over monolithic aluminum matrix. However, ... -
Dielectric Spectroscopy
( Elsevier , 2017 , Book chapter)In this chapter, an attempt has been made to review dielectric spectroscopy (DS) as a technique for the characterization of nanomaterials. DS involves the study of the response of a material to an electric field, which ... -
Effect of Operational Parameters on the Behavior of Phosphorus and Sulfur in Aluminum Reduction
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Elastomeric actuators based on ethylene-vinyl acetate and carbon nanotubes
( Springer Netherlands , 2014 , Book chapter)The development of new types of visual-aid tablet for visually impaired people requires the development of cheap, but still very effective photoactuating materials. This requirement can be satisfied by the use of new kind ... -
Electrical Conductivity Behavior of Biopolymer Composites
( Elsevier Inc. , 2017 , Book chapter)Interest in the study of biopolymer system has been continuously growing as a result of a variety of promising applications such as in electronics, medicine, food packaging, bioplastics, and coating. Characteristics such ... -
Electrochemical Deposition of High Purity Silicon from Molten Salts
( John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , 2015 , Book chapter)
