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Book Chemoresponsive Materials

Download or read book Chemoresponsive Materials written by Hans-Jorg Schneider and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart materials stimulated by chemical or biological signals are of interest for their many applications including drug delivery, as well as in new sensors and actuators for environmental monitoring, process and food control, and medicine. In contrast to other books on responsive materials, this volume concentrates on materials which are stimulated by chemical or biological signals. Chemoresponsive Materials introduces the area with chapters covering different responsive material systems including hydrogels, organogels, membranes, thin layers, polymer brushes, chemomechanical and imprinted polymers, nanomaterials, silica particles, as well as carbohydrate- and bio-based systems. Many promising applications are highlighted, with an emphasis on drug delivery, sensors and actuators. With contributions from internationally known experts, the book will appeal to graduate students and researchers in academia, healthcare and industry interested in functional materials and their applications.

Book Chemoresponsive Materials

    Book Details:
  • Author : Hans-Jörg Schneider
  • Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Release : 2015-07-13
  • ISBN : 1782620621
  • Pages : 556 pages

Download or read book Chemoresponsive Materials written by Hans-Jörg Schneider and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart materials stimulated by chemical or biological signals are of interest for their many applications including drug delivery, as well as in new sensors and actuators for environmental monitoring, process and food control, and medicine. In contrast to other books on responsive materials, this volume concentrates on materials which are stimulated by chemical or biological signals. Chemoresponsive Materials introduces the area with chapters covering different responsive material systems including hydrogels, organogels, membranes, thin layers, polymer brushes, chemomechanical and imprinted polymers, nanomaterials, silica particles, as well as carbohydrate- and bio-based systems. Many promising applications are highlighted, with an emphasis on drug delivery, sensors and actuators. With contributions from internationally known experts, the book will appeal to graduate students and researchers in academia, healthcare and industry interested in functional materials and their applications.

Book Chemoresponsive Materials

Download or read book Chemoresponsive Materials written by Hans-Jörg Schneider and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2022-07-08 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart materials stimulated by chemical or by logical signals hold promise for many applications, including new sensors and actuators for medicine, environmental and process control. In contrast to other books on responsive materials which are restricted to sensing, this volume not only highlights fundamental chemical and physical principles but also focuses on the use of smart materials for applications such as drug delivery, wound healing, cell adhesion, tuneable vesicles, surface control, smart paints and glasses, separations, oil recovery and artificial muscles. In this completely updated and expanded edition, readers are introduced to the area with chapters reflecting the enormous expansion of the field in recent years. Different responsive material systems will be covered including hydrogels, membranes, thin layers, polymer brushes, chemomechanical and imprinted polymers, nanomaterials and silica particles. With contributions from internationally recognised experts, the book will appeal to graduate students and researchers in academia, healthcare and industry interested in functional materials and their applications.

Book Chemoresponsive Materials 2E

    Book Details:
  • Author : Hans-Joerg Schneider
  • Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Release : 2022-07-08
  • ISBN : 1839162775
  • Pages : 667 pages

Download or read book Chemoresponsive Materials 2E written by Hans-Joerg Schneider and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2022-07-08 with total page 667 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions from internationally known experts, this revised and updated edition introduces readers to materials which are stimulated by chemical or biological signals.

Book Fundamentals of Smart Materials

Download or read book Fundamentals of Smart Materials written by Mohsen Shahinpoor and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2020-04-22 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart materials are of significant interest and this is the first textbook to provide a comprehensive graduate level view of topics that relate to this field. Fundamentals of Smart Materials consists of a workbook and solutions manual covering the basics of different functional material systems aimed at advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students. Topics include piezoelectric materials, magnetostrictive materials, shape memory alloys, mechanochromic materials, thermochromic materials, chemomechanical polymers and self-healing materials. Each chapter provides an introduction to the material, its applications and uses with example problems, fabrication and manufacturing techniques, conclusions, homework problems and a bibliography. Edited by a leading researcher in smart materials, the textbook can be adopted by teachers in materials science and engineering, chemistry, physics and chemical engineering.

Book Petroleum Engineering Explained

Download or read book Petroleum Engineering Explained written by David Shallcross and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2020-04-20 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assuming no mathematical or chemistry knowledge, this book introduces complete beginners to the field of petroleum engineering. Written in a straightforward style, the author takes a practical approach to the subject avoiding complex mathematics to achieve a text that is robust without being intimidating. Covering traditional petroleum engineering topics, readers of this book will learn about the formation and characteristics of petroleum reservoirs, the chemical properties of petroleum, the processes involved in the exploitation of reservoirs, post-extraction processing, industrial safety, and the long-term outlook for the oil and gas production. The descriptions and discussions are informed by considering the production histories of several fields including the Ekofisk field in the North Sea, the Wyburn Field in Canada, the Manifa Field in Saudi Arabia and the Wilmington Field off the Californian Coast. The factors leading up to the well blowouts on board the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Mantara Field in the Timor Sea are also examined. With a glossary to explain key words and concepts, this book is a perfect introduction for newcomers to a petroleum engineering course, as well as non-specialists in industry. Professor David Shallcross is one of the foremost practitioners in chemical engineering education worldwide. Readers of this book will find his previous book, Chemical Engineering Explained, a useful companion.

Book First Principles Design of Liquid crystalline Based Chemoresponsive Materials

Download or read book First Principles Design of Liquid crystalline Based Chemoresponsive Materials written by Jake Isaac Gold and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computational chemistry calculations can be used to elucidate how organic molecules orientate at interfaces and respond to an external stimuli, but this capability is not widely leveraged in the design of soft material interfaces. One promising platform to study these interactions is chemoresponsive liquid crystals (LCs). LCs are fluid phases within which molecules exhibit preferred orientations in the bulk. The orientations of LCs can be manipulated by molecular interactions occurring at interfaces. Therefore, LCs are capable of providing insight into molecular events at solid-liquid crystal interfaces by amplifying changes at the surface into the macroscopic-scale, which can be transduced optically. These chemoresponsive LCs can also act as gas sensors because a desired analyte can bind or react at an interface to disrupt the LC ordering causing an optical transition. This also provides a unique opportunity to study how interfacial properties can change depending on reaction thermochemistry and kinetics.In this dissertation, we utilize first-principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations, transport modeling, microkinetic modeling, and reaction kinetic experiments to elucidate detailed atomic-scale surface structures and reactivity of LC chemoresponsive materials to design new materials with optimal properties such as high sensitivity and selectivity to a desired analyte. This methodology was used to successfully design LC chemoresponsive materials to new analytes (SO2, Cl2, O3, or H2). While these LC chemoresponsive materials typically operate based on disruption of the LC ordering via displacement of the strongly bound LC molecules by the analyte, we also discuss new mechanisms. This includes developing new chemoresponsive LC systems with reactive surfaces (metals, alloys, and metal oxides) and developing of detection mechanisms that either operate on simple elementary reactions (e.g. Cl2 or H2 dissociation), oxidation of the surface (e.g. O3 or Cl2 oxidation of metal salt surfaces), reaction between two analytes at the surface (e.g. SO2 + H2O reaction), or even a more complex reaction (e.g. hydrogenation of the benzonitrile group). Our insights from this study demonstrate a fundamental convergence between principles governing functional interfaces with those governing heterogeneous catalysis.

Book Bio Synthetic Hybrid Materials and Bionanoparticles

Download or read book Bio Synthetic Hybrid Materials and Bionanoparticles written by Alexander Boker and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2015-08-18 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is much interest in using biological structures for the fabrication of new functional materials. Recent developments in the particle character and behaviour of proteins and viral particles have had a major impact on the development of novel nanoparticle systems with new functions and possibilities. Bio-Synthetic Hybrid Materials and Bionanoparticles approaches the subject by covering the basics of disciplines involved as well as recent advances in new materials. The first section of the book focusses on the design and synthesis of different bionanoparticles and hybrid structures including the use of genetic modification as well as by organic synthesis. The second section of the book looks at the self-assembling behaviour of bionanoparticles to form new materials. The final section looks at bionanoparticle-based functional systems and materials including chapters on biomedical applications and electronic systems and devices. Edited by leading scientists in bionanoparticles, the book is a collaboration between scientists with different backgrounds and perspectives which will initiate the next generation of bio-based structures, materials and devices.

Book Design of Autoreaction

Download or read book Design of Autoreaction written by Sandra G.L. Persiani and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-08-08 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the readers with a timely guide to the application and integration of interdisciplinary principles from the fields of kinetic design, mechanics, energy and materials engineering in the fields of architecture and engineering design. It explores the potential integration of autoreactive solutions, unpowered kinetic systems triggered by changes in the surrounding latent energy conditions, within man-made artefacts with added functionality and efficiency. Related interdisciplinary parameters are explored discussing morphology, mechanics, energy and materials in detail. Each chapter examines the implications of autoreactivity in one specific field, providing a general overview and listing relevant motion design parameters and identifying for the reader those aspects that have a high potential to open up for new design directions. The book guides readers through a highly multidisciplinary field of design, offering an extraordinary resource of knowledge for professional architects, engineers and designers, as well as for university teachers, researchers and students. Interdisciplinary research is presented throughout the book as a powerful resource that can serve architecture and design, and a learning method to rethink innovative, optimal and sustainable solutions.

Book Hybrid Metal Organic Framework and Covalent Organic Framework Polymers

Download or read book Hybrid Metal Organic Framework and Covalent Organic Framework Polymers written by Bo Wang and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2021-11-12 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are crystalline porous materials constructed from metal ions/clusters and organic linkers, combining the merits of both organic and inorganic components. Due to high porosity, rich functionalities, well-defined open channels and diverse structures, MOFs show great potentials in field such as gas storage and separation, catalysis, and sensing. Combining them with polymers tunes their chemical, mechanical, electrical and optical properties, and endows MOFs with processability. Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are crystalline porous materials built from organic molecular units with diverse structures and applications. Hybrid materials with intriguing properties can be achieved by appropriate preparation methods and careful selection of MOFs/COFs and polymers, broadening their potential applications. This book documents the latest research progress in MOF/COF-polymer hybrid materials and reviews and summarises hybridization strategies to achieve MOF/COF polymeric composites. It also introduces various applications and potential applicable scenarios of hybrid MOF/COF polymers. Hybrid Metal–Organic Framework and Covalent Organic Framework Polymers offers an overview to readers who are new to this field, and will appeal to graduate students and researchers working on porous materials, polymers, hybrid materials, and supramolecular chemistry.

Book Functional Polymer Composites with Nanoclays

Download or read book Functional Polymer Composites with Nanoclays written by Yuri Lvov and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2016-11-22 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Polymer-clay nanocomposites have flame-retardant, antimicrobial, anticorrosion and self-healing properties, they are biocompatible and environmentally benign. Multiple types of clay minerals may be exfoliated or individually dispersed and then used as natural nanoparticle additives of different size and shape for composite formation. Loading polymers with clays increases their strength, however, it is only recently that such composites were prepared with controlled nanoscale organization allowing for the enhancement of their mechanical properties and functionality. Edited by pioneers in the field, this book will explain the great potential of these materials and will bring together the combined physico-chemical, materials science and biological expertise to introduce the reader to the vibrant field of nanoclay materials. This book will provide an essential text for materials and polymers scientists in industry and academia.

Book Reactive Inkjet Printing

    Book Details:
  • Author : Patrick J. Smith
  • Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Release : 2017-11-27
  • ISBN : 1782627677
  • Pages : 284 pages

Download or read book Reactive Inkjet Printing written by Patrick J. Smith and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2017-11-27 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive overview of the technique and its use in fabricating functional materials for health and energy applications.

Book First principles Design of Novel Catalytic and Chemoresponsive Materials

Download or read book First principles Design of Novel Catalytic and Chemoresponsive Materials written by Luke Tressel Roling and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An emerging trend in materials design is the use of computational chemistry tools to accelerate materials discovery and implementation. In particular, the parallel nature of computational models enables high-throughput screening approaches that would be laborious and time-consuming with experiments alone, and can be useful for identifying promising candidate materials for experimental synthesis and evaluation. Additionally, atomic-scale modeling allows researchers to obtain a detailed understanding of phenomena invisible to many current experimental techniques. In this thesis, we highlight mechanistic studies and successes in catalyst design for heterogeneous electrochemical reactions, discussing both anode and cathode chemistries. In particular, we evaluate the properties of a new class of Pd-Pt core-shell and hollow nanocatalysts toward the oxygen reduction reaction. We do not limit our study to electrochemical reactivity, but also consider these catalysts in a broader context by performing in-depth studies of their stability at elevated temperatures as well as investigating the mechanisms by which they are able to form. We also present fundamental surface science studies, investigating graphene formation and H2 dissociation, which are processes of both fundamental and practical interest in many catalytic applications. Finally, we extend our materials design paradigm outside the field of catalysis to develop and apply a model for the detection of small chemical analytes by chemoresponsive liquid crystals, and offer several predictions for improving the detection of small chemicals. A close connection between computation, synthesis, and experimental evaluation is essential to the work described herein, as computations are used to gain fundamental insight into experimental observations, and experiments and synthesis are in turn used to validate predictions of material activities from computational models.

Book Polymerized Ionic Liquids

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ali Eftekhari
  • Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Release : 2017-09-18
  • ISBN : 1782629602
  • Pages : 564 pages

Download or read book Polymerized Ionic Liquids written by Ali Eftekhari and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The series covers the fundamentals and applications of different smart material systems from renowned international experts.

Book Smart Membranes

Download or read book Smart Membranes written by Liang-Yin Chu and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2019-04-03 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart membranes that respond to environmental stimuli are gaining attention because of their potential use in a variety of applications, from drug delivery to water treatment. Their surface characteristics and/or permeation properties, including pressure-driven hydraulic permeability and concentration-driven diffusional permeability, can be adjusted in response to small chemical and/or physical stimuli in the environment. This book will cover topics such as novel design and fabrication strategies, approaches for controlling structure and performance, as well as cutting-edge applications of smart membranes. It will deliver new insights and fundamentals for both professionals and newcomers in related fields. Edited by an internationally renowned expert and with contributions from key researchers, Smart Membranes provides a comprehensive overview of the topic. It will appeal to students and researchers across materials science, chemistry, chemical engineering, pharmaceutical science and biomedical science.

Book Ionic Liquid Devices

Download or read book Ionic Liquid Devices written by Ali Eftekhari and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2017-09-14 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ionic liquids are attractive because they offer versatility in the design of organic salts. As ion-rich media, ionic liquids can control the systems properties by tuning the size, charge, and shape of the composing ions. Whilst the focus has mainly been on the potential applications of ionic liquids as solvents, they also provide innovative opportunities for designing new systems and devices. Limitations from the high viscosity and expensive purification of the ionic liquids are also not a barrier for applications as devices. Written by leading authors, Ionic Liquid Devices introduces the innovative applications of ionic liquids. Whilst the first chapters focus on their characterization, which can be difficult in some instances, the rest of the book demonstrates how ionic liquids can play substantial roles in quite different systems from sensors and actuators to biomedical applications. The book provides a comprehensive resource aimed at researchers and students in materials science, polymer science, chemistry and physics interested in the materials and inspire the discovery of new applications of ionic liquids in smart devices.

Book Nanogels for Biomedical Applications

Download or read book Nanogels for Biomedical Applications written by Arti Vashist and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive overview of nanogel-based systems and their applications in nanomedicine.