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Ruthenium - An Element Loved by Researchers

Edited by Hitoshi Ishida
ISBN 978-1-83962-917-4, Print ISBN 978-1-83962-916-7,
Edited Volume
226 pages, January, 2022

Ruthenium is a precious metal not widely known to non-scientists. It is a target of much research, however. It is used in computer hard drives, the tips of fountain pens, and as a catalyst to purify car exhaust, among other uses. This book presents i ...
Molecular Biotechnology

Edited by Sergey Sedykh
ISBN 978-1-83880-798-6, Print ISBN 978-1-83880-797-9,
Edited Volume
120 pages, January, 2021

Biotechnology is a unit of engineering biology that studies ways of using living organisms, their systems, or metabolic products to solve technological problems. This book describes the modern trends and progress in biocatalysis and biotechnology, hi ...
Magnetometers - Fundamentals and Applications of Magnetism

Edited by Sergio Curilef
ISBN 978-1-83969-096-9, Print ISBN 978-1-83969-095-2,
Edited Volume
106 pages, October, 2020

The stars as well as the Earth and its defects, materials, and gases have magnetic fields. To measure these fields, magnetometers are used. This book includes contributions from a variety of experts that examine the typical properties, uses, novel d ...
Modulation in Electronics and Telecommunications

Edited by George Dekoulis
ISBN 978-1-78985-490-9, Print ISBN 978-1-78985-489-3,
Edited Volume
138 pages, October, 2020

The book presents new results of research advancing the field and applications of modulation. The information contained herein is important for improving the performance of modern and future wireless communication systems (CS) and networks. Chapters ...
Autonomous Vehicles

Edited by George Dekoulis
ISBN 978-1-83968-191-2, Print ISBN 978-1-83962-921-1,
Edited Volume
210 pages, September, 2020

This edited volume, Autonomous Vehicles, is a collection of reviewed and relevant research chapters, offering a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the field of vehicle autonomy. The book comprises nine chapters authored by various resea ...
Advances on Tensor Analysis and their Applications

Edited by Francisco Bulnes
ISBN 978-1-83962-556-5, Print ISBN 978-1-83962-555-8,
Edited Volume
140 pages, September, 2020

This book brings together recent advances in tensor analysis and studies of its invariants such as twistors, spinors, kinematic tensors and others belonging to tensor algebras with extended structures to Lie algebras, Kac-Moody algebras, and envelopi ...
Paraffin - an Overview

Edited by Fathi Samir Soliman
ISBN 978-1-83880-595-1, Print ISBN 978-1-83880-594-4,
Edited Volume
90 pages, September, 2020

Paraffin waxes make up the majority of commercial waxes. Waxes are characterized by the carbon number, hardness, crystal shape, composition, and molecular weight. These characteristics determine the condition of separating the wax. Paraffin wax is wi ...
Superhydrophobic Surfaces - Fabrications to Practical Applications

Edited by Mehdi Khodaei, Xiuyong Chen and Hua Li
ISBN 978-1-83880-598-2, Print ISBN 978-1-83880-597-5,
Edited Volume
130 pages, July, 2020

During the past decade, the superhydrophobic surfaces, bio-inspired non-wettable surfaces, have aroused worldwide interest. The super water-repellant surface has special characteristics such as low surface energy as well as hierarchical micro/nano su ...