Wiley-VCH - Materials Science

1. Thermoelectrics

   Complete introduction to the field of thermoelectrics, covering materials, applications, recent developments, and more, with end-of-chapter problems included throughout Thermoelectrics provides an introduction to the fundamental theories in the fast developing and interdisciplinary field of thermoelectrics. The topics covered are in sync with contemporary technology advancement happenings within the TEC/TEG electronics cooling community and include discussion of challenges and concerns surrounding practical applications. The first section covers thermoelectric generators and coolers (refrigerators) before examining optimal design with dimensional analysis. A number of applications are considered, including solar thermoelectric generators, thermoelectric air conditioners and refrigerators, thermoelectric coolers for electronic devices, thermoelectric compact heat exchangers, and biomedical thermoelectric energy harvesting systems. The second section focuses on materials and covers the physics of electrons and phonons, theoretical modeling of thermoelectric transport properties, thermoelectric materials, and nanostructures. In this Second Edition, many new examples and end-of-chapter problems have been added. New results from the theories have been added in certain chapters, along with new design charts and many examples showing how to use the charts. A companion website hosts solution manuals and appendices. Sample topics covered in Thermoelectrics include: * Thermoelectric effects, including the Seebeck, Peltier, and Thomson effects as well as Thomson/Kelvin relationships * Performance, maximum, abnormal parameters for thermoelectric modules as well as effective material properties * Thermal and electrical contact resistances for micro and macro devices, with information on modeling and validation * Thermoelectric transport properties, covering Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity, lattice and electronic thermal conductivities * Low-dimensional nanostructures, covering quantum wells, wires, and dots and supporting proof-of-principle studies Thermoelectrics is an ideal resource on the fundamentals of the subject for professionals in the electronics cooling industry, solid state physicists, and materials scientists and engineers. It is also a valuable reference for early career scientists and undergraduate and graduate students in related programs of study. [544 Pages, Hardcover] Read More...

   
   
   
2. Molecular Nanographenes

   Fundamental Concepts in Nanographenes 1. Aromaticity and Antiaromaticity in Nanographenes: An Overview 2. Covalent Patterned Functionalization of Graphene 3. Nanographenes by Bottom-up Approach: The Scholl Reaction 4. Racemization barriers in chiral molecular nanographenes Synthesis of Molecular Nanographenes 5. Synthesis of Helicenes 6. Carbon Nanobelts 7. Negatively Curved Nanographenes 8. Highly-strained Cyclophanes and other Nanographenes 9. Chiral Bilayer Nanographenes: Synthesis and Properties 10. Large p-Extended Carbon Nanorings: From Synthesis to Properties 11. Nanographenes with Multiple Zigzag Edges 12. Monkey Saddles and other Contorted Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds 13. Conjugated Nanohoops: Synthesis, Properties and Applications 14. Synthesis of Graphene Nanoribbons, Nanographenes and Fused Aromatic Networks Through the Formation of Pyrazine Rings 15. On-surface Synthesis of p-conjugated polymers 16. Merging organic chemistry with surface synthesis for the preparation of nanographenes Properties and Applications of Molecular Nanographenes 17. Chiral Materials from Perylene Diimide Building Blocks: Twistacenes and Helicenes 18. Circularly Polarized Luminescence (CPL) in Nanographenes 19. Open-shell Nanographenes 20. Kekulé and Non-Kekulé Nanographenes: A Magnetic Perspective 21. Redox Properties of Nanographenes [544 Pages, Hardcover] Read More...

   
   
   
3. Field Simulation for Accelerator Magnets

   This comprehensive book provides fundamentals of magnetic field design in accelerators as well as detailed coverage of analytical and numerical field computation, mathematical optimization and multiphysics simulations. [1136 Pages, Hardcover] Read More...

   
   
   
4. Persistently Luminescent Materials

   With a wide range of backgrounds, this book covers both inorganic and organic as well as their hybrids of various persistently luminescent materials. [384 Pages, Hardcover] Read More...

   
   
   
5. Soft Materials-Based Biosensing Medical Applications

   The book offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview of how innovative soft materials are revolutionizing biosensing technologies, making it an essential read for anyone interested in cutting-edge advancements in biomedical research and healthcare. Soft materials include granular materials, foams, gels, polymers, surfactants, functional organics, and biological molecules. These structures can be altered by thermal or mechanical stress due to their ability to self-organize into mesoscopic physical structures. They are becoming increasingly significant as functional materials for broader applications because of their rich surface chemistry and versatile functions. A biosensor is an analytical tool for chemical compound detection that combines a biological element with a physicochemical detector. Sensitive biological components, such as proteins, carbohydrates, tissue, bacteria, and enzymes, are collected from a biomimetic element that interacts and binds with the analyte under investigation. In biosensors, soft matter may function as both a sensing and transducing component. The interplay of soft matter with biomolecular analytes results in cell signaling pathways, diagnostic tests for applications in low-resource environments, prospective drug development, molecular biodetection, chemical sensors, and biological sensors. Understanding these biomolecular interactions in the context of acute illnesses is critical for biomedical research and healthcare. This has fueled efforts to create a biosensor that is effective, low-cost, and label-free. Several approaches using soft materials to functionalize and tailor structures have greatly advanced science, including chemistry, physics, pharmaceutical science, materials science, and engineering. Soft Materials-Based Biosensing Medical Applications summarizes recent advances in soft materials with unique physicochemical properties that synergistically promote biosensing systems. Audience The book will be read by researchers, materials scientists, electronic and AI engineers, as well as pharmaceutical and biomedical professionals interested in the uses of biosensing. [528 Pages, Hardcover] Read More...