This authoritative reference provides comprehensive coverage of the topics of damage and healing mechanics. Computational modeling of constitutive equations is provided as well as solved examples in engineering applications. ...

This book is focused on enabling technologies in the control implementation of piezoelectric micro-/nano-positioning systems. The book provides a collation of the state of the art of emerging techniques to precision motion ...

This book is based on a joint project of the Center for Colloid and Interface Science, Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, and the Electrokinetic Society of Japan. Kunio Furusawa and ...

Through the integration of strategies from life science, engineering, and clinical medicine, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine hold the promise of new solutions to current health challenges. This rapidly developing ...

Today, nano- and microencapsulation are increasingly being utilized in the pharmaceutical, textile, agricultural and food industries. Microencapsulation is a process in which tiny particles or droplets of a food are ...

This book discusses future trends and developments in electron device packaging and the opportunities of nano and bio techniques as future solutions. It describes the effect of nano-sized particles and cell-based approaches ...

This monograph provides a mathematical foundation to the theory of quantum information and computation, with applications to various open systems including nano and bio systems.It includes introductory material on algorithm, ...

Environmental Silicate Nano-Biocomposites focuses on nano-biocomposites, which are obtained by the association of silicates such as bioclays with biopolymers. By highlighting recent developments and findings, green and ...

List of Contributors, Pages xiii-xvii, Muhammad Ali, William E. Bentley, Andrew M. Blakely, Gulden Camci-Unal, Sylvain Catros, Peter R. Chai, M. Dean Chamberlain, U Kei Cheang, Shaochen Chen, Yi Cheng, Mohit P. Chhaya, ...

This special topic volume constitutes the contributions of thirty-nine experts from the international scientific community who are involved in this field of research. It covers thoroughly some of the latest applications ...