Importance of Soft Processing (Low-energy Production) of Advanced Materials for Sustainable Society. (2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yoshimura, Masahiro
• Is Part Of: Procedia engineering. Volume 171(2017)
• Page Start: 40
• Page End: 52
• Publication Date: 2017
• Subjects: low energy production -- soft processing -- advanced material -- sustainable society; Engineering -- Congresses; Engineering -- Periodicals; Engineering; Conference proceedings; Periodicals; 620.005
• DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2017.01.308
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1877-7058

Abstract

Abstract: In recent years, advanced materials (such as, engineering plastics, polymers, metals, alloys, semiconductors and ceramics) have been required to be produced used and then wasted in our modern lives. Those materials have been hardly produced in nature (bio-system), thus they have had been produced by artificially in industries. The industry systems are generally uses sophisticated artificial machines, parts and materials. Moreover, these industrials production have used fossil fuels and fine resources with high chemical potentials. Therefore, one must challenges to eliminate to use of fossil fuel(s) and fine resource to establish sustainable society. Here, I propose one of such challenges to produce advanced materials, particularly advanced ceramic materials by Soft- processing (Green method) using low-energy with low wastes, heats and exhausts.