Advanced Materials Innovation : Managing Global Technology in the 21st century /: Managing Global Technology in the 21st century. (2016)
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- Book
- Title:
- Advanced Materials Innovation : Managing Global Technology in the 21st century /: Managing Global Technology in the 21st century. (2016)
- Main Title:
- Advanced Materials Innovation : Managing Global Technology in the 21st century
- Further Information:
- Note: Sanford L. Moskowitz.
- Authors:
- Moskowitz, Sanford L
- Contents:
- Preface Acknowledgements Part I: Introduction and background Chapter 1: Advanced materials innovation: an overview Part II: Structural materials: metals and polymers Chapter 2: Advanced casting technology: ultra-thin steel and the microalloys Chapter 3: High-pressure technology and dupont’s synthetic fibers revolution Chapter 4: Low-temperature (interfacial) polymerization: dupont’s specialty fibers vs. General electric’s polycarbonate revolution Chapter 5: Fluidization I: from advanced fuels to the polysilicones Chapter 6: Fluidization II- the polyethylenes, the unipol process, and the metallocene polymers Part III: Functional materials: semiconductors Chapter 7: The metal-on-silicon (mos) process: the rise of the integrated circuit Chapter 8: The silicon gate process: the memory chip and the microprocessor Chapter 9: The epitaxial process I: Bell labs and the semiconductor laser Chapter 10: The epitaxial process II: Ibm and the silicon-germanium chip Part IV: Hybrid materials and new forms of matter: liquid crystals and nanomaterials Chapter 11: Product-oriented materials i: liquid crystals and small lc displays – the electronic calculator and the digital watch Chapter 12: Product-oriented materials ii: liquid crystals, thin-film transistors and large lc displays – flat screen televisions and personal computers Chapter 13: Nanomaterials: the promise and the challenge Part V: Conclusion Chapter 14: Conclusion Index
- Edition:
- 1st
- Publisher Details:
- Wiley
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (496 pages)
- Subjects:
- 620.11
- Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781118986080
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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