"Materials Science: Advanced Topics" ed. by Yitzhak Mastai

The overall purpose of this book is to provide timely and in-depth coverage of selected advanced topics in materials science. Divided into five sections, this book provides the latest research developments in many aspects of materials science.

This book is of interest to both fundamental research and also to practicing scientists and will prove invaluable to all chemical engineers, industrial chemists and students in industry and academia.

Contents
Preface
Section 1 Materials Synthesis
1 Conducting Polymers / Layered Double Hydroxides Intercalated Nanocomposites
2 Optical Properties of Multiferroic BiFe03 Films
3 Atomic Layer Deposition on Self-Assembled- Monolayers
4 Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation of Valve Metals
5 Physicochemical Analysis and Synthesis of Nonstoichiometric Solids
6 Nanocrystalline Mn and Fe Doped ZnO Thin Films Prepared Using SILAR Method for Dilute Magn
7 Layers of Inhibitor Anion - Doped Polypyrrole for Corrosion Protection of Mild Steel
8 Mechanochemical Synthesis of Magnetite/Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposites for Hyperthermia
Section 2 Characterization Techniques
9 Nonlinear Image Filtering for Materials Classification
10 Multilayered Wire Media: Generalized Additional Boundary Conditions and Applications
11 Progressive Failure Analysis of Glass/Epoxy Composites at Low Temperatures
12 Materials Assessment and Process Characterization for Lead-Free Soldering
13 Tensile Mechanical Properties and Failure Behaviors of Friction Stir Processing (FSP) Mod
14 Photothermal Techniques in Material Characterization
Section 3 Soldering
15 Laser Soldering
16 Automatic Optical Inspection of Soldering
Section 4 Modeling
17 Computational Methods for Creation Materials with Required Composition and Structure
18 New Approaches to Modeling Elastic Media
Section 5 Biological Aspects of Materials
19 Bamboo Based Biocomposites Material, Design and Applications
20 Investigation of Subterranean Termites Nest Material Composition, Structure and Propertie