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Smart materials for advanced environmental applications

By Mohsen Shahinpoor , Peng Wang , Hans-Jorg Schneider , To Ngai , Xianmao Lu , Jian Jin , Hongbo Zeng , Nicole Zacharia , Doris Vollmer

Book information

Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
Year
2016
ISBN
1782621083, 978-1-78262-108-9, 978-1-78262-219-2, 1782622195, 978-1-78262-820-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
23 MB (23652412 bytes)
Series
RSC smart materials 20
Pages
252\264
Time added
2016-05-22 07:20:00
Машиностроение и материалообработка;Материаловеден

Description

The development of smart materials for environmental applications is a highly innovative and promising new approach to meet the increasing demands from society on water resources and pollution remediation. Smart materials with surfaces that can reversibly respond to stimuli from internal and external environments by changing their properties show great promise as solutions for global environmental issues. Many of these functional materials are inspired by biological systems, that use sophisticated material interfaces to display high levels of adaptability to their environment. Leading researchers present the latest information on the current and potential applications of omniphobic slippery coatings, responsive particle stabilized emulsions and self-healing surfaces among other functional materials. The book contains a section dedicated to water treatment and harvesting, describing and explaining strategies such as use of copolymer membranes and surfaces with patterned wettability. It provides a valuable source of information for environmental, materials, polymer and nano-scientists interested in environmental applications of functional material surfaces

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