Interfacial Science. An Introduction is an accessible text introducing readers to the chemistry of interfaces a subject of increasing relevance and popularity due to the emergence of nanoscience. Interfacial science impacts on our lives in diverse and surprising wa... Lees meer.

Today s interest in nanoparticle magnetism is stimulated by a variety of potential applications ranging from soft to hard magnetic materials and from ultra-high density information storage to biomedical applications. Interactions between magnetic systems at the nanosca... Lees meer.

With mounting pressure to extract petroleum from oil sands and other unconventional sources oil refineries must adapt their processing methods to handle increasingly heavy crude oils. Unlike traditional crude oils the properties of heavier crude oils include higher vi... Lees meer.

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Leading contributors describe state-of-the-art research in experimental and theoretical liquid interfacial phenomena. Areas covered include the intrinsic interface dynamics at a liquid-vapour interface structure and properties of the liquid-vapour interface of a simpl... Lees meer.

This book gives practical on-the-job guidance as well as detailed theoretical background on a wide range of occurrences including hydrophobic foams adsorption of surfactants polymers on solids from nonpolar media and lubrication. Extensive end of chapter references en... Lees meer.

This volume will be summarized on the basis of the topics of Ionic Liquids in the form of chapters and sections. It would be emphasized on the synthesis of ILs of different types and stabilization of amphiphilic self-assemblies in conventional and newly developed ILs... Lees meer.

This book together with its companion volume The Science of Crystallization. Macroscopic Phenomena and Defect Generation make up a complete course that will teach an advanced student how to understand and analyse scientifically any of the phenomena that are observed... Lees meer.

The proceedings of the November 1990 symposium comprise 115 papers which describe recent advances in processing science microstructure and interface characterization properties and applications of composite materials. THe materials described include ceramic-matrix C... Lees meer.

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Fundamentals of Interfacial Engineering provides chemical electronic mechanical and biomedical engineers with a coherent integrated introduction to the fundamental concepts that relate to interfacial phenomena with applications to different processes and product s... Lees meer.

This comprehensive work explores interfacial instability and pattern formation in dynamic systems away from the equilibrium state in solidification and crystal growth. Further this significantly expanded 2nd edition introduces and reviews the progress made during the l... Lees meer.

Interfacial phenomena driven by heat or mass transfer are widespread in science and various branches of engineering. Research in this area has become quite active in recent years attributable in part at least to the entry of physicists and their sophisticated experim... Lees meer.

Understanding the characteristics of material contact and lubrication at tribological interfaces is of great importance to engineering researchers and machine designers. Traditionally contact and lubrication are separately studied due to technical difficulties althoug... Lees meer.