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Inorganic membranes for separation and reactionAuthor:
H.P.HsiehPages:
601Format:
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0444816771Books on science and technology of organic polymer membranes are abundant But there has been only one book available today that exclusively addresses inorganic membranes and the book is an edited volume of individually contributed chapters. In addition, the potentially important subject of inorganic membrane reactors was only briefly covered. While an edited book provides useful information of the referenced technology» it generally lacks continuity in the treatment of the subject from chapter to chapter or from article to article. A fully integrated reference book with a more consistent and up-to-date perspective, better organized contents and easier cross referencing seems to be particularly opportune for the emerging field of inorganic membranes. 
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Wood and cellulosic chemistry, 2nd editionAuthor:
David N.-S.Hon, Nobuo ShiraishiPages:
923Format:
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0824700244Life and its surroundings are constantly changing within our dynamic world. As we stride into the new millennium, information technology and biotechnology continue to flourish. Rapid economic expansion, social development, and high demands for shelter, clothing, energy, and food for our overpopulated world have resulted in a desperate need for new and yet functional materials to support society’s infrastructure. Wood or lignocellulosic-based materials have made a significant contribution to the quality of living for human beings. With new developments in wood chemistry, scientists are confident that wood will continue to play an important role in fulfilling the needs of human beings. Over the past decade, the trend of emphasizing bio-based technologies has been observed worldwide. In February 1998, a long-term development project, PlanVCrop-based Renewable Resources 2020, was implemented among the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Energy, and many U.S. companies, agricultural associations, and universities.
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Asymmetric Catalysis on Industrial Scale: Challenges, Approaches and SolutionsAuthor:
H.U.Blaser, E.SchmidtPages:
463Format:
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3527306315Edited by two of the experts in the field, the central aim is to show organic chemists working in process development that enantioselective catalysis is suitable for the large-scale production of enantioenriched intermediates. In so doing, it is equally a source of information and inspiration for academic research, and, with its contribution by Noble prizewinner W. S. Knowles, will also heighten the status of industrial catalyst specialists working in the exciting field of enantioselective catalysis. Some 25 contributions from top industrial researchers around the world present case studies on the development of the widest possible range of large-scale enantioselective processes, featuring stereoselective production processes of fine-chemicals, agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals. Clearly structured according to the nature of the task, this handbook adopts a problem-driven approach such that readers can easily find how colleagues have dealt with a similar situation.
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Enzymes in IndustryAuthor:
Wolfgang AehlePages:
514Format:
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3527295925The book also covers identification methods of new enzymes and the optimization of known ones, as well as the regulatory aspects for their use in industrial applications. Up-to-date and wide in scope, this is a chance for non-specialists to acquaint themselves with this rapidly growing field. Leading experts from all over the world present an overview of the use of enzymes in industry.
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Handbook of Aqueous Electrolyte Thermodynamics: Theory & ApplicationAuthor:
Joseph F. Zemaitis JrPages:
878Format:
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0816903506Expertise in electrolyte systems has become increasingly important in traditional CPI operations, as well as in oil/gas exploration and production. This book is the source for predicting electrolyte systems behavior, an indispensable "do-it-yourself" guide, with a blueprint for formulating predictive mathematical electrolyte models, recommended tabular values to use in these models, and annotated bibliographies. The final chapter is a general recipe for formulating complete predictive models for electrolytes, along with a series of worked illustrative examples. It can serve as a useful research and application tool for the practicing process engineer, and as a textbook for the chemical engineering student.
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Petrochemical Economics: Technology Selection in a Carbon Constrained WorldAuthor:
Duncan SeddonPages:
268Format:
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184816534XThis compendium gives an overview of the technologies and economics in the production of olefins in the petrochemical industries. It highlights the options and costs for producing olefins using different technologies and different feedstocks at a time when the cost of carbon dioxide emissions are set to be included in the production cost. Industry professionals, engineers, research scientists and financiers will find this title a valuable resource.
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Electrochemistry for Materials ScienceAuthor:
Waldfried PliethPages:
433Format:
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0444527923Electrochemistry, long-time corner stone for fundamental chemistry and physics, now plays an important role in many areas of applied science and technology. A very broad range of applications of electrochemical principles and technologies is found in materials science. Electrochemical deposition of metals and alloys, formation of oxide films and semi-conductors, corrosion and corrosion protection, new polymer materials that can switch between metallic conductivity and semi-conducting properties, and new applications in fast-evolving nanotechnologies are just some of the examples. To fully comprehend them, however, one should understand the basic electrochemical concepts. Therefore, these fundamentals are introduced and described in the first six chapters. The book begins with a look at the properties of electrolytes and electrodes whereby solid-state background, especially for electrode materials, is emphasized.
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White Biotechnology (Advances in Biochemical Engineering Biotechnology)Author:
Roland Ulber, Dieter SellPages:
301Format:
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3540456953Table of contentsD. Peters: Raw Materials.-
J.-L. Reymond, P. Babiak: Screening Systems.-
T. Schaefer et al.: Industrial Enzymes.-
L. Hilterhaus, A. Liese: Building Blocks.-
B. Kamm, M. Kamm: Biorefineries - Multi Product Processes.-
D. Weuster-Botz et al.: Enabling Technologies: Fermentation and Downstream Processing.-
T. Becker et al.: Future Aspects of Bioprocess Monitoring.-
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The Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Biotechnology InnovationAuthor:
David CastlePages:
459Format:
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1847209807`This is an outstanding piece of scholarship. It will serve as a powerful stimulant for new research in the field and as a reliable guide for practitioners.'
- Calestous Juma, Harvard University, USIntellectual property rights (IPRs), particularly patents, occupy a prominent position in innovation systems, but to what extent they support or hinder innovation is widely disputed. Through the lens of biotechnology, this book delves deeply into the main issues at the crossroads of innovation and IPRs to evaluate claims of the positive and negative impacts of IPRs on innovation.An international group of scholars from a range of disciplines - economic geography, health law, business, philosophy, history, public health, management - examine how IPRs actually operate in innovation systems, not just from the perspective of theory but grounded in their global, regional, national, current and historical contexts. In so doing, the contributors seek to uncover and move beyond deeply held assumptions about the role of IPRs in innovation systems.Scholars and students interested in innovation, science and technology policy, intellectual property rights and technology transfer will find this volume of great interest. The findings will also be of value to decision makers in science and technology policy and managers of intellectual property in biotechnology and venture capital firms.
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Plant Resins - Chemistry, Evolution, Ecology, and EthnobotanyAuthor:
Jean H.LangenheimPages:
586Format:
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0881925748When I was asked by Timber Press to write a new book on resins, including amber—Howes’s 1949 Vegetable Gums and Resins was the most recent such effort—the breadth of interdisciplinary coverage seemed too ambitious for an individual person. There have been so many advances in resin research in the past half century, including the development of new fields of research such as chemical ecology, and the exploration of other interesting facets about resins made possible by new chemical, molecular, and microscopic techniques. With a little thought, however, I realized that my years of resin research had prepared me to accept the challenge enthusiastically, a challenge that has been stimulating and rewarding.
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Bioinspired Intelligent Nanostructured Interfacial MaterialsAuthor:
Lei Jiang and Lin FengPages:
364Format:
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9814280313Intelligent materials are emerging composite materials that have boomed since the 1990s. In the 21st century, the variety of intelligent materials is continuously expanding and the domains of which are constantly being broadened. The intelligent material system is of great scientific significance - it combines studies that explore nature, mimic nature and surpass nature, which involve a multitude of structures and functions. It also pres novel ideas, new theories, and cutting-edge methodologies for the innovation of science and technology. Thus, mimicking the microstructures and functions found in nature will build a bridge between biology and technology, which may pre inspirations for solving today's technological problems. Inspired by nature, the authors proposed a concept of Binary cooperative complementary micro/nanoscale interfacial materials. Based on this design concept, the contact and coupling of heterogeneous materials will result in novel properties on the surface or interface of materials, which may create new functional materials and devices. This book gives a complementary introduction about biomimic intelligent micro/nanoscale interfacial materials, devoting largely to the intelligent materials with special wettabilities.
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Handbook of radical vinyl polymerizationAuthor:
M.K.Mishra, Y.YagchiPages:
416Format:
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0824794648The field of vinyl polymerization has grown very large indeed. The momentum of extensive investigations on radical vinyl polymerization, undertaken in many laboratories, has carried us to an advanced stage of development. Consequently, we are attempting in this to present current knowledge of the subject in an integrated package. The book is primarily concerned with the physical and organic chemistry of radical vinyl polymerization, with special emphasis on initiators and mechanisms. The first three chapters provide the fundamental aspects. The most important and interesting feature of the book is in the following chapters, which of€er a detailed description of the radical initiating systems and mechanisms, along with the technical processes. Another chapter throws light on living polymerization, one of the recent advances in the field. The book ends with a chapter that presents a variety of data on monomers and polymerization.
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Functional Hybrid MaterialsAuthor:
Gomez-Romero, Clement SanchezPages:
434Format:
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3527304843The book you have in your hands is the result of a thrilling struggle. A struggle to depict, in a bit more than a handful of chapters, the blooming and multifaceted world of hybrid materials with functional properties and applications. Hybrid organic-inorganic materials constitute indeed a remarkable and growing category within the world of Materials Science. A realm where engineering the combination of dissimilar components at the nanometric and molecular level leads both to new challenges and opportunities for the development of novel and improved materials. This is a field where the boundaries between molecular and extended materials blur out, a field where ceramics and polymers meet at the chemical dimension to yield new materials that go well beyond conventional composites, a domain in which nanocomposites push forward the frontier of discovery. In this exciting field, remarkable structural materials, halfway between glass and polymers have been developed. Yet, the hybrid approach also offers great opportunities for the development of functional materials, a fertile ground to harness the chemical, physical, electrochemical or biological activity of a myriad organic and inorganic components and put them to work in the materials of tomorrow.
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Nanotechnology: A Crash CourseAuthor:
Raul J. Martin-Palma, Akhlesh LakhtakiaPages:
158Format:
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0819480754The past few decades have seen an explosive increase in our ability to create nanostructures and nanosystems with a great degree of control, using a diversity of techniques. This ability has been accompanied by a similar enhancement in our ability to characterize structures and systems at the nanoscale. This book provides a broad overview of those nanostructures and nanosystems (together termed ''Nanotechnology''). It covers structural characteristics and properties of nanostructures, nanofabrication techniques, methods for characterizing nanostructures, and applications for nanomaterials. The book also provides a thought-provoking assessment of the possible implications of nanotechnology in society, and likely future trends. Nanotechnology: A Crash Course is accessible to a wide readership and will meet the immediate needs of college graduates, doctoral students, professors, and researchers alike, who are looking for a quick yet inclusive grasp of this cutting-edge technology.Contents
- To the Reader
- Nomenclature
- Low-Dimensional Structures
- Properties of Nanostructures
- Nanofabrication
- Characterization of Nanostructures and Nanomaterials
- Nanomaterials and Applications
- Future Prospects
- IndexSuppose that you recently graduated with a B.S. degree in science or engineering and will commence your first professional employment tomorrow. Earlier this afternoon, your manager called to ask if you know something about nanotechnology, so that tomorrow you can begin developing an internal proposal for your division. But either your college did not offer a course on nanotechnology or you decided not to take one. You need a crash course in nanotechnology, just to get you off the ground.Suppose that you are a doctoral student in a department whose candidacy examination requires you to write a 5 10-page research proposal on an emerging topic assigned by the faculty committee. Suppose that your assigned topic intersects with nanotechnology, but all that you know about nanotechnology came from a couple of hour-long graduate seminars that you attended the previous semester. You need a crash course in nanotechnology, not only to write an impressive introduction but also to acquaint yourself with terminology to conduct efficient searches on Google Scholar, Web of Science, Scopus, etc.Suppose that you are a post-doctoral researcher at either an academic or an industrial research institution. Your supervisor has asked you to advise a shining undergraduate student for a summer project in nanotechnology, although the focus of your own research is elsewhere. You need a crash course in nanotechnology, to start the youngster off in a promising direction.Suppose that you are a new assistant professor. Your departmental head advises that your research proposal to a government program to assist new faculty members begin research programs lacks that ''wow'' factor that would virtually guarantee success. ''Put in a nano angle,'' you are told. You need a crash course in nanotechnology, to clothe your proposal in the glory of ''nano.''Suppose that you are a middle-aged professor undergoing a midlife crisis. Instead of changing your family or lifestyle, you may choose to change your research focus to an emerging research area. You need a crash course in nanotechnology, to assess your current resources and future needs.With your particular need in mind, we persuaded SPIE Press to publish our short and readable introduction to nanotechnology. While Nanotechnology: A Crash Course is unlikely to convert you overnight into a nanostar, it would meet your immediate need and very likely help you steer your professional life in a new direction.
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PROCESS INTENSIFICATION: Engineering for Efficiency, Sustainability and FlexibilityAuthor:
David Reay, Colin Ramshaw, and Adam HarveyPages:
472Format:
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0750689412Process intensification (PI) leads to a substantially smaller, cleaner, safer and more energy efficient process technology. For example, the scale reduction made possible by using high gravity fields to separate liquids has seen the reduction of distillation columns from 75m to a four of five metres in height in some areas.PI is a hot topic in chemical and process engineering - and beyond - and is now reaching a maturity that is seeing PI concepts applied to a wide range of processes and technologies. This is the first book to provide a practical working guide to understanding PI and developing successful PI solutions and applications.By demonstrating the broad application of PI this book will be of value to audiences looking to take current technologies into new process areas as well as those looking to further its use in the chemical engineering sector.As well as detailing technologies and practical applications the book focusses on safety, energy and environmental issues, giving guidance on how to incorporate PI in plant design and operation safely, efficiently and effectively.This book provides up to date access to the best current information on PI, both through the world-class experience of the authors and by pinpointing other significant sources of data, equipment and expertise.
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Handbooks of Oxidants and Antioxidants in ExerciseAuthor:
Chandan K.SenPages:
1216Format:
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0444826505Interest in the science of exercise dates back to the time of ancient Greece. Today exercise is viewed not only as a leisurely activity but also as an effective preventive and therapeutic tool in medicine. Further biomedical studies in exercise physiology and biochemistry reports that strenuous physical exercise might cause oxidative lipid damage in various tissues. The generation of reactive oxygen species is elevated to a level that overwhelms the tissue antioxidant defense systems resulting in oxidative stress. The Handbook of Oxidants and Antioxidants in Exercise examines the different aspects of exercise-induced oxidative stress, its management, and how reactive oxygen may affect the functional capacity of various vital organs and tissues. It includes key related issues such as analytical methods, environmental factors, nutrition, aging, organ function and several pathophysiological processes.
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Quantitative Forecasting of Problems in Industrial Water SystemsAuthor:
A. G. D. EmersonPages:
500Format:
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9812381848This textbook is a diagnostic tool. It enables chemical engineers, water technologists and others involved with the design and provision of an industrial water system, while it is still at the design stage, to start with the chemical analysis of a water supply and make a quantitative forecast of the likely problems (scale and corrosion). It is thus possible to make provision for an appropriate water treatment programme from the very outset.The inclusion of a large amount of tabulated data allows results to be read off directly without making complex calculations. This is particularly useful for technologists working on site (for example when "trouble-shooting").The ability to make quantitative forecasts enables designers to meet accountants on level terms — by justifying the cost of including a water treatment programme, and by giving a quantitative assessment of the hazards likely to be encountered if the recommended programme is not installed.Methods of water treatment are not discussed in this textbook, since they can change from time to time; the physical chemistry used in quantitative forecasting does not.
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Crystal Growth for Beginners: Fundamentals of Nucleation, Crystal Growth, and EpitaxyAuthor:
Ivan V. MarkovPages:
564Format:
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9812382453Text covers the fundamentals of nucleation, crystal growth, and epitaxy. For graduate students and researchers in materials science. DLC: Crystal growth.
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Contaminated Sediments: Lectures on Environmental Aspects of Particle-Associated Chemicals in Aquatic SystemsAuthor:
Ulrich ForstnerPages:
157Format:
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3540510761Sediments are increasingly recognized as both a carrier and a possible source of contaminants in aquatic systems, and these materials may also affect groundwater quality and agricultural products when disposed on land. Contaminants are not necessarily fixed permanently by the sediment, but may be recycled via biological and chemical agents both within the sedimentary compartment and the water column. Bioaccumulation and food chain transfer may be strongly affected by sediment-associated proportions of pollutants.
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Food Colloids: Fundamentals of FormulationAuthor:
Eric Dickinson, Reinhard MillerPages:
438Format:
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0854048502The food scientist is commonly confronted with the challenge of modifying the formulation of a food product. The objective may be to enhance the taste, texture or appearance of the food, to produce a product with a longer shelf-life or a healthier image, or to improve manufacturing efficiency by incorporating a cheaper ingredient or adopting a new processing technology. The speed with which these objectives can be accomplished depends on the level of fundamental understanding that exists on the key physico-chemical factors affecting product properties.
