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‘Advanced Glasses, Composites and Ceramics for High-Growth Industries’ (CoACH) was a European Training Network (ETN) project (http://www.coach-etn.eu/) funded by the Horizon 2020 program. CoACH involved multiple actors in the innovation ecosystem for advanced materials, composed of five universities and ten enterprises in seven different European countries. The project studied the next generation of materials that could bring innovation in the healthcare, construction, and energy sectors, among others, from new bioactive glasses for bone implants to eco-friendly cements and new environmentally friendly thermoelectrics for energy conversion. The novel materials developed in the CoACH project pave the way for innovative products, improved cost competitiveness, and positive environmental impact. The present Special Issue contains 14 papers resulting from the CoACH project, showcasing the breadth of materials and processes developed during the project.
This book joins and integrates ceramics and ceramic-based materials in various sectors of technology. A major imperative is to extract scientific information on joining and integration response of real, as well as model, material systems currently in a developmental stage. This book envisions integration in its broadest sense as a fundamental enabling technology at multiple length scales that span the macro, millimeter, micrometer and nanometer ranges. Consequently, the book addresses integration issues in such diverse areas as space power and propulsion, thermoelectric power generation, solar energy, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC), multi-chip modules, prosthetic devices, and implanted biosensors and stimulators. The engineering challenge of designing and manufacturing complex structural, functional, and smart components and devices for the above applications from smaller, geometrically simpler units requires innovative development of new integration technology and skillful adaptation of existing technology.
This book presents a state-of-the-art overview of the major aspects involved in the science, technology and applications of ceramics, glasses and glass-ceramics. After providing an historical perspective of the development and use of ceramics and glasses along the Silk Road, the theoretical background and fabrication techniques of such materials are described and discussed. A special focus is dedicated to emerging high-tech applications in various fields, including medicine, energy, optics and photonics, sensors, sustainability and circular economy. The chapters are written by leading experts in their respective fields and highlight the contemporary challenges associated to each topic. This book will serve as a valuable reference for both early-stage and skilled researchers as well as industry professionals interested in the broad field of glasses and ceramics.
Brazing processes offer enhanced control, adaptability and cost-efficiency in the joining of materials. Unsurprisingly, this has lead to great interest and investment in the area. Drawing on important research in the field, Advances in brazing provides a clear guide to the principles, materials, methods and key applications of brazing.Part one introduces the fundamentals of brazing, including molten metal wetting processes, strength and margins of safety of brazed joints, and modeling of associated physical phenomena. Part two goes on to consider specific materials, such as super alloys, filler metals for high temperature brazing, diamonds and cubic boron nitride, and varied ceramics and int...
Milena es una mujer de negocios sensual, con una belleza deslumbrante, ardiente en la cama y fría en los negocios, calculadora, con una vida de grandes lujos. Conoce a Marcus, un licenciado en psicología, joven y atractivo, cuya principal ocupación es la de complacer a mujeres descontentas y de esta manera vivir lo mejor posible. Sus vidas se cruzan, sus primeros encuentros íntimos dan paso a una relación apasionada, no exenta de riesgos. La vida de Marcus cambia radicalmente. Su día a día se convierte en un mundo de asesinatos, traiciones, sobornos, poder, dinero y mentiras, circunstancias que llevan a nuestros protagonistas a situaciones límite, de las cuales saldrán impunes. Pero la suerte no es eterna, sus vidas se convertirán en una montaña rusa. Marcus ya no volverá a ser el de antes, el poder y el dinero tienen un precio.
This book provides a state-of-the-art collection of recent papers on eco-materials processing and design as presented at the 6th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology (PacRim6) in September of 2005 in Maui, Hawaii.
This book provides a state-of-the-art collection of recent papers on the development and applications of advanced engineering ceramics and composites as presented at the 6th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology (PacRim 6) in September of 2005 in Maui, Hawaii.
Esto no es un libro sobre la tuberculosis; es un libro sobre la vida. En concreto sobre la vida de Chéjov, Kafka, Mansfield, Salvat-Papasseit, Éluard y Orwellunidas por el hilo invisible de una enfermedad. Plaga porque se contagia como una peste. Tanto, de hecho, que se aísla a las personas enfermas, se las destierra y se las condena al ostracismo. Y en ese confinamiento, los enfermos se marchitan y empalidecen (de ahí que la epidemia reciba el calificativo de «blanca»). Un aclamado debut literario, publicado originalmente en catalán, de Ada Klein Fortuny, autora tras un seudónimo, una doctora experta en enfermedades infecciosas. Indagando en los libros de correspondencia y en docume...
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