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  • Architectured Materials in Nature and Engineering

    Archimats

    Edited by Yuri Estrin, Yves Bréchet, John Dunlop, Peter Fratzl ...
    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    This book deals with a group of architectured materials. These are hybrid materials in which the constituents (even strongly dissimilar ones) are combined in a given topology and geometry to provide otherwise conflicting properties. The hybridization presented in the book occurs at various levels - from the molecular to the macroscopic (say, sub-centimeter) ones. This monograph represents a ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • Materials Design Inspired by Nature

    Function Through Inner Architecture

    Edited by Peter Fratzl, John Dunlop, Richard Weinkamer ...
    Series Book 4 - Smart Materials Series
    The inner architecture of a material can have an astonishing effect on its overall properties and is vital to understand when designing new materials. Nature is a master at designing hierarchical structures and so researchers are looking at biological examples for inspiration, specifically to understand how nature arranges the inner architectures for a particular function in order to apply these ... Read more

    $201.59 USD

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    by American Water Works Association, James K. Edzwald ...
    Series series Water Resources and Environmental Engineering Series
    The definitive water quality and treatment resource--fully revised and updatedComprehensive, current, and written by leading experts, Water Quality & Treatment: A Handbook on Drinking Water, Sixth Edition covers state-of-the-art technologies and methods for water treatment and quality control. Significant revisions and new material in this edition reflect the latest advances and critical topics in ... Read more

    $153.09 USD

  • Structural Biomaterials

    Third Edition

    by Julian Vincent ...
    This is a thoroughly revised, updated, and expanded edition of a classic illustrated introduction to the structural materials in natural organisms and what we can learn from them to improve man-made technology--from nanotechnology to textiles to architecture. Julian Vincent's book has long been recognized as a standard work on the engineering design of biomaterials and is used by undergraduates, ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Sustainable Water for the Future

    Water Recycling versus Desalination

    Edited by Andrea Schäfer, Isabel C. Escobar ...
    Series Book 2 - Sustainability Science and Engineering
    This book is part of a series on sustainability. Specifically, it deals with the issue of sustainable water use. Fresh sources of potable water are being depleted across the world. Pure water is the goal of water utilities as well as several industries. Well past the experimental stage, membrane processes are now a proven and reliable method of providing high-quality, cost-effective water. ... Read more

    $175.49 USD

  • Plants and Microclimate

    A Quantitative Approach to Environmental Plant Physiology

    by Hamlyn G. Jones ...
    This rigorous yet accessible text introduces the key physical and biochemical processes involved in plant interactions with the aerial environment. It is designed to make the more numerical aspects of the subject accessible to plant and environmental science students, and will also provide a valuable reference source to practitioners and researchers in the field. The third edition of this widely ... Read more

    $62.39 USD

  • Mass Spectrometry Handbook

    Edited by Mike S. Lee ...
    Series Book 7 - Wiley Series on Pharmaceutical Science and Biotechnology: Practices, Applications and Methods
    Due to its enormous sensitivity and ease of use, mass spectrometry has grown into the analytical tool of choice in most industries and areas of research. This unique reference provides an extensive library of methods used in mass spectrometry, covering applications of mass spectrometry in fields as diverse as drug discovery, environmental science, forensic science, clinical analysis, polymers, oil ... Read more

    $203.00 USD

  • Advanced Membrane Technology and Applications

    Edited by Norman N Li, Anthony G. Fane, W. S. Winston Ho, Takeshi Matsuura ...
    Advanced membranes-from fundamentals and membrane chemistry to manufacturing and applicationsA hands-on reference for practicing professionals, Advanced Membrane Technology and Applications covers the fundamental principles and theories of separation and purification by membranes, the important membrane processes and systems, and major industrial applications. It goes far beyond the basics to ... Read more

    $179.00 USD

  • Biochar

    A Guide to Analytical Methods

    Edited by Balwant Singh, Marta Camps-Arbestain, Johannes Lehmann ...
    Interest in biochar among soil and environment researchers has increased dramatically over the past decade. Biochar initially attracted attention for its potential to improve soil fertility and to uncouple the carbon cycle, by storing carbon from the atmosphere in a form that can remain stable for hundreds to thousands of years. Later it was found that biochar had applications in environmental and ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Aqueous Polymeric Coatings for Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms

    Edited by Linda A. Felton ...
    Series series Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Sciences
    Aqueous-based film coating has become routine in the pharmaceutical industry. This process eliminates the use of organic solvents and thus avoids economic, environmental, and toxicological issues related to residual solvents and solvent recovery. Aqueous-based coating, however, is complex and many variables may impact the final product and its performance. This fourth edition of Aqueous Polymeric ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

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    by Ronald L. Droste, Ronald L. Gehr ...
    Provides an excellent balance between theory and applications in the ever-evolving field of water and wastewater treatmentCompletely updated and expanded, this is the most current and comprehensive textbook available for the areas of water and wastewater treatment, covering the broad spectrum of technologies used in practice today—ranging from commonly used standards to the latest state of the art ... Read more

    $155.00 USD

  • Bio-Glasses

    An Introduction

    Edited by Julian Jones, Alexis Clare ...
    This new work is dedicated to glasses and their variants which can be used as biomaterials to repair diseased and damaged tissues. Bio-glasses are superior to other biomaterials in many applications, such as healing bone by signaling stem cells to become bone cells.Key features:First book on biomaterials to focus on bio-glassesEdited by a leading authority on bio-glasses trained by one of its ... Read more

    $100.00 USD