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Cellular Analysis by Atomic Force Microscopy

Cellular Analysis by Atomic Force Microscopy

Despite substantial evidence showing the feasibility of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) to identify cells with altered elastic and adhesive properties the use of this technique as a complementary diagnostic method remains controversial. This book is designed to be a practical textbook that teaches how to assess the mechanical characteristics of living individual cells by AFM. Following a step-by-step approach it introduces the methodology of measurements in the case of both determination of elastic properties and quantification of adhesive properties. | Cellular Analysis by Atomic Force Microscopy

GBP 95.00
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Analysis of Structures by Matrix Methods

Analysis of Structures by Matrix Methods

The analysis of engineering structures has always been a challenge to engineers and in the past classical methods were used to quantify the response of a structure to the applied forces. These methods were suitable for the analysis of relatively simple structures that could be solved by hand calculations but complicated structures had to be simplified to a model that could be solved by classical methods. The results however were approximations depending on the modifications made to the structure as well as on the experience and judgement of the analyst. These limitations led to the derivation of the slope-deflection equations for continuous beams and later formulation of the moment distribution method. With the advent of electronic computers systematic procedures for the analysis of structures have been developed. Computer programs help in obtaining required solutions to the simultaneous equations in the case of structures where the number of equations is large and hand calculations are not suitable. The detailed work with simultaneous equations can be made in a general and compact form by using matrix notation leading to the development of the matrix methods of structural analysis. This book deals with the analysis of engineering structures made of skeletal members and covers the type of structures that are commonly used in practice. It builds up on the subject matter dealing with matrix algebra analysis of bar elements special forms of members stability and vibration of structures and pin-connected rigid-plane and 3D frames. It treats the important step of formulating the overall stiffness matrix of a structure in a systematic and straightforward manner and uses simple mathematical approaches wherever possible. The book is reader friendly particularly for beginners who have no prior knowledge in this subject and can also be used as a textbook by undergraduate and postgraduate students studying for a degree in civil structural or mechanical engineering as well as by practicing engineers who have not studied this subject but are using software packages that deal with the analysis of engineering structures. | Analysis of Structures by Matrix Methods

GBP 139.00
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Byzantine Coins Influenced by the Shroud of Christ

Byzantine Coins Influenced by the Shroud of Christ

Numerous studies have been carried out on Byzantine coins but there are still no univocal interpretations on the details of the figures represented there and in particular on those relating to Jesus Christ. The information derived from the studies on the Holy Shroud the most important Relic of Christ in Christianity has clearly resulted in some new interpretations. This is the first book in the world that deals extensively with the effigy of Christ despite being the most sought after and collected by numismatists. Furthermore the book relates the different images of the Redeemer on Byzantine coins with the image of Jesus Christ on the Shroud the most important Relic of Christianity. The numerous collectors will therefore be interested in having not only a numismatic analysis of these coins but also a historical-religious study. This book which should be understandable to everyone demonstrates the strong influence that the Shroud had in the Byzantine era. | Byzantine Coins Influenced by the Shroud of Christ

GBP 100.00
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Companion Diagnostics (CDx) in Precision Medicine

Companion Diagnostics (CDx) in Precision Medicine

There is a new trend in anti-cancer therapeutics development: a targeted therapy and precision medicine that targets a subgroup of patients with specific biomarkers. An in vitro diagnostic (IVD) assay is required to identify a subgroup of cancer patients who would benefit from the targeted therapy or not likely benefit or have a high risk of side effects from the specific drug treatment. This IVD or medical device is called a companion diagnostic (CDx) assay. It is key to have a robust CDx assay or device for the success of targeted therapy and precision medicine. This book covers the technical historical clinical and regulatory aspects of CDx in precision medicine. Clearly more and more newly developed oncology drugs will require accompanying CDx assays and this book with chapters contributed by renowned oncologists provides a comprehensive foundation for the knowledge and application of CDx for precision medicine. | Companion Diagnostics (CDx) in Precision Medicine

GBP 116.00
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Conjugated Objects Developments Synthesis and Applications

Conjugated Objects Developments Synthesis and Applications

Conjugated Objects: Development Synthesis and Application contains 17 chapters written by young researchers and contains current trends in pi-conjugated systems for application in broad research areas such as design of unique pi-conjugation catalysts self-assembly charge transfer complexes liquid crystals supramolecules and nanostructures by using conjugated small and/or macro-objects organically or electrochemically. The book can be used as a textbook of basic learning by undergraduate and graduate students of chemistry electrical and electronics engineering and materials science and by supramolecular researchers in nanotechnology and biotechnology. | Conjugated Objects Developments Synthesis and Applications

GBP 114.00
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Drug Delivery with Targeted Nanoparticles In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation Methods

Drug Delivery with Targeted Nanoparticles In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation Methods

Nanotechnology has the potential to change every part of our lives. Today nanotechnology-based products are used in many areas and one of the most important areas is drug delivery. Nanoparticulate drug delivery systems not only provide controlled delivery of drugs and improved drug solubility but also improve drug efficiency and reduce side effects via targeting mechanisms. However compared with conventional drug delivery systems few nanoparticle-based products are on the market and almost all are nontargeted or only passively targeted systems. In addition obtaining targeted nanoparticle systems is quite complex and requires several evaluation mechanisms. This book discusses the production characterization regulation and currently marketed targeted nanoparticle systems in a broad framework. It provides an overview of targeted nanoparticles’ (i) in vitro characterization such as particle size stability ligand density and type; (ii) in vivo behavior for different targeting areas such as tumor brain and vagina; and (iii) current advances in this field including clinical trials and regulation processes. | Drug Delivery with Targeted Nanoparticles In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation Methods

GBP 385.00
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Heterostructured Materials Novel Materials with Unprecedented Mechanical Properties

Heterostructured Materials Novel Materials with Unprecedented Mechanical Properties

Heterostructured (HS) materials represent an emerging class of materials that are expected to become a major research field for the communities of materials mechanics and physics in the next couple of decades. One of the biggest advantages of HS materials is that they can be produced by large-scale industrial facilities and technologies and therefore can be commercialized without the scaling up and high-cost barriers that are often encountered by other advanced materials. This book collects recent papers on the progress in the field of HS materials especially their fundamental physics. The papers are arranged in a sequence of chapters that will help new researchers entering the field to have a quick and comprehensive understanding of HS materials including the fundamentals and recent progress in their processing characterization and properties. | Heterostructured Materials Novel Materials with Unprecedented Mechanical Properties

GBP 193.00
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Gallium Nitride Power Devices

Gallium Nitride Power Devices

GaN is considered the most promising material candidate in next-generation power device applications owing to its unique material properties for example bandgap high breakdown field and high electron mobility. Therefore GaN power device technologies are listed as the top priority to be developed in many countries including the United States the European Union Japan and China. This book presents a comprehensive overview of GaN power device technologies for example material growth property analysis device structure design fabrication process reliability failure analysis and packaging. It provides useful information to both students and researchers in academic and related industries working on GaN power devices. GaN wafer growth technology is from Enkris Semiconductor currently one of the leading players in commercial GaN wafers. Chapters 3 and 7 on the GaN transistor fabrication process and GaN vertical power devices are edited by Dr. Zhihong Liu who has been working on GaN devices for more than ten years. Chapters 2 and 5 on the characteristics of polarization effects and the original demonstration of AlGaN/GaN heterojunction field-effect transistors are written by researchers from Southwest Jiaotong University. Chapters 6 8 and 9 on surface passivation reliability and package technologies are edited by a group of researchers from the Southern University of Science and Technology of China. | Gallium Nitride Power Devices

GBP 139.00
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Handbook of Low-Level Laser Therapy

Handbook of Low-Level Laser Therapy

Low-Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) also known as photobiomodulation is almost 50 years old and recently has been getting increasing acceptance from the scientific medical and veterinary communities. Discoveries are constantly being made about the cellular and molecular mechanisms of action the range of diseases that can be treated is also rising and home use LED devices are becoming common. This book compiles cutting-edge contributions from the world’s leading experts in Photobiomodulation and LLLT. Chapters cover general concepts mechanisms of action in vitro studies pre-clinical animal studies veterinary applications and a wide range of clinical topics. Edited by Michael Hamblin from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School aided by two prominent researchers (Marcelo Sousa and Tanupriya Agrawal) this book will appeal to anyone involved in the basic science translational aspects and clinical applications of LLLT. | Handbook of Low-Level Laser Therapy

GBP 335.00
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Physics and Future of Hurricanes

Physics and Future of Hurricanes

This monograph is about hurricanes prompted by a discovery that suggests they will become more powerful with global warming. It provides at a college physics level a basic understanding of hurricanes emphasizing the flow of energy into and out of these storms and as a textbook covers some material that might be taught in meteorology or atmospheric physics courses. The text is centered on a new discovery that is not in any existing textbook. Because of the new discovery the book is of immediate interest to all meteorologists. It turns out that hurricanes as revealed by the new discovery are usefully regarded as a separate phase of matter bringing in characteristic temperature dependences near their transitions. The role of phase change in understanding hurricanes brings in the 20th-century discoveries in theoretical physics relating to critical phenomena with non-intuitive values of the critical exponent β entering the formula P = const (T – Tc)β where P is a characteristic strength parameter or order parameter of the phase of matter appearing at Tc. According to the new discovery on hurricanes it appears that taking the wind velocity as the order parameter P the critical exponent is near 1/3. In a second discovery we find that a small correction to this value is brought in by the complicated physics of the renormalization group that earned K. G. Wilson the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1982. | Physics and Future of Hurricanes

GBP 53.99
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Solar Power and Energy Storage Systems

Solar Power and Energy Storage Systems

Extensive study of solar energy is increasing as fast as the threat of global warming is getting serious. Solar energy is considered the best source of renewable energy because it is clean and unlimited. Solar radiation can be harnessed and converted into different forms of energy that does not pollute the environment. In order to transform solar radiation we need collectors of sunlight such as solar cells. The main challenges are energy security the increasing prices of carbon-based energy sources and global warming. We cannot use sunlight during the night so an energy storage system (ESS) is necessary. The best ESS is one with high power and high energy density. This book introduces the basic concepts of an ESS. Written by Prof. Hee-Je Kim who leads an interdisciplinary team at the Pusan National University this book compiles and details the cutting-edge research that is revolutionizing solar energy by improving its efficiency and storage techniques through the development of engineered sunlight. It discusses the fabrication and commercialization of next-generation solar cells such as dye-synthesized quantum-dot and perovskite solar cells besides describing the high-energy and power-density-flexible supercapacitor for a hybrid ESS as well as the dual active bridge (DAB) DC/DC converter MPPT PV inverter and remote control by a smartphone with a novel algorithm for a power-conditioning system. | Solar Power and Energy Storage Systems

GBP 116.00
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Characterization of Nanocomposites Technology and Industrial Applications

Characterization of Nanocomposites Technology and Industrial Applications

These days advanced multiscale hybrid materials are being produced in the industry studied by universities and used in several applications. Unlike for macromaterials it is difficult to obtain the physical mechanical electrical and thermal properties of nanomaterials because of the scale. Designers however must have knowledge of these properties to perform any finite element analysis or durability and damage tolerance analysis. This is the book that brings this knowledge within easy reach. What makes the book unique is the fact that its approach that combines multiscale multiphysics and statistical analysis with multiscale progressive failure analysis. The combination gives a very powerful tool for minimizing tests improving accuracy and understanding the effect of the statistical nature of materials in addition to the mechanics of advanced multiscale materials all the way to failure. The book focuses on obtaining valid mechanical properties of nanocomposite materials by accurate prediction and observed physical tests as well as by evaluation of test anomalies of advanced multiscale nanocomposites containing nanoparticles of different shapes such as chopped fiber spherical and platelet in polymeric ceramic and metallic materials. The prediction capability covers delamination fracture toughness impact resistance conductivity and fire resistance of nanocomposites. The methodology employs a high-fidelity procedure backed with comparison of predictions with test data for various types of static fatigue dynamic and crack growth problems. Using the proposed approach a good correlation between the simulation and experimental data is established. | Characterization of Nanocomposites Technology and Industrial Applications

GBP 193.00
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Vanadium Dioxide-Based Thermochromic Smart Windows

Vanadium Dioxide-Based Thermochromic Smart Windows

The usage of building energy accounts for 30–40% of total energy consumption in developed countries exceeding the amount for industry or transportation. Around 50% energy for building services is contributed by heating ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems. More importantly both building and HVAC energy consumptions are predicted to increase in the next two decades. Windows are considered as the least energy-efficient components of buildings. Therefore smart windows are becoming increasingly important as they are capable of reducing HVAC energy usage by tuning the transmitted sunlight in a smart and favoured way: blocking solar irradiation on hot days while letting it pass through on cold days. Compared with other type of smart windows thermochromic windows have the unique advantages of cost-effectiveness rational stimulus and passive response. This book covers fabrication of vanadium dioxide–based smart windows discusses various strategies to enhance their performance and shares perspectives from the top scientists in this particular field. | Vanadium Dioxide-Based Thermochromic Smart Windows

GBP 139.00
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Oxide Spintronics

Oxide Spintronics

Oxide materials have been used in mainstream semiconductor technology for several decades and have served as important components such as gate insulators or capacitors in integrated circuits. However in recent decades this material class has emerged in its own right as a potential contender for alternative technologies generally designated as ‘beyond Moore’. The 2004 discovery by Ohtomo and Hwang was a global trendsetter in this context. It involved observing a two-dimensional high-mobility electron gas at the heterointerface between two insulating oxides LaAlO3 and SrTiO3 supported by the rise of nascent deposition and growth-monitoring techniques which was an important direction in materials science research. The quest to understand the origin of this unparalleled physical property and to find other emergent properties has been an active field of research in condensed matter that has united researchers with expertise in diverse fields such as thin-film growth defect control advanced microscopy semiconductor technology computation magnetism and electricity spintronics nanoscience and nanotechnology. | Oxide Spintronics

GBP 116.00
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The Physics of Liquid Water

The Physics of Liquid Water

Unraveling the mystery of the negative thermal expansion of liquid water has been a challenge for scientists for centuries. Various theories have been proposed so far but none has been able to solve this mystery. Since the thermodynamic properties of matter are determined by the interaction between particles the mystery can be solved fundamentally if the thermodynamic physical quantities using the laws of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics are determined the experimental results are reproduced and the phenomena in relation to the shape of the interaction between particles are elucidated. In this sense this book has fundamentally unraveled this mystery. In addition it discusses the mysteries of isothermal compressibility structural diversity as well as liquefaction and boiling points of water in relation to the shape of the interaction between particles. It carefully explains the analysis and calculation methods so that they can be easily understood by the readers. | The Physics of Liquid Water

GBP 116.00
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China’s Environmental Solutions Policies Technologies and Perspectives

China’s Environmental Solutions Policies Technologies and Perspectives

Concomitant with a rapid increase in population and an unprecedented growth of the economy China came to endure an alarming level of environmental damgae. In response environmental legislation was tightened and massive environmental projects were initiated. As a result China's environment and ecosystems are begining to recover. At the same time the country is continuing on its growth path making an above-average contriubtion to the global emission of greenhouse gases not least becuase of the heavy use of coal as a source of energy. The world's second-largest economy aims to halt this trend by rapidly building sustainable and clean energy resources and has committed itself to being carbon neutral by 2060. in this process beautiful China intends to become the global role model of a digital civilization based on science and technology. This book describes the stakeholders programs and achievements along this path and provides an outlook on pertinent developments in the years to come. | China’s Environmental Solutions Policies Technologies and Perspectives

GBP 61.99
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From Atoms to Higgs Bosons Voyages in Quasi-Spacetime

From Atoms to Higgs Bosons Voyages in Quasi-Spacetime

The announcement in 2012 that the Higgs boson had been discovered was understood as a watershed moment for the Standard Model of particle physics. It was deemed a triumphant event in the reductionist quest that had begun centuries ago with the ancient Greek natural philosophers. Physicists basked in the satisfaction of explaining to the world that the ultimate cause of mass in our universe had been unveiled at CERN Switzerland. The Standard Model of particle physics is now understood by many to have arrived at a satisfactory description of entities and interactions on the smallest physical scales: elementary quarks leptons and intermediary gauge bosons residing within a four-dimensional spacetime continuum. Throughout the historical journey of reductionist physics mathematics has played an increasingly dominant role. Indeed abstract mathematics has now become indispensable in guiding our discovery of the physical world. Elementary particles are endowed with abstract existence in accordance with their appearance in complicated equations. Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle originally intended to estimate practical measurement uncertainties now bequeaths a numerical fuzziness to the structure of reality. Particle physicists have borrowed effective mathematical tools originally invented and employed by condensed matter physicists to approximate the complex structures and dynamics of solids and liquids and bestowed on them the authority to define basic physical reality. The discovery of the Higgs boson was a result of these kinds of strategies used by particle physicists to take the latest steps on the reductionist quest. This book offers a constructive critique of the modern orthodoxy into which all aspiring young physicists are now trained that the ever-evolving mathematical models of modern physics are leading us toward a truer understanding of the real physical world. The authors propose that among modern physicists physical realism has been largely replaced—in actual practice—by quasirealism a problematic philosophical approach that interprets the statements of abstract effective mathematical models as providing direct information about reality. History may judge that physics in the twentieth century despite its seeming successes involved a profound deviation from the historical reductionist voyage to fathom the mysteries of the physical universe. | From Atoms to Higgs Bosons Voyages in Quasi-Spacetime

GBP 76.99
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Mullite Formations Analysis and Applications

Mullite Formations Analysis and Applications

Mullite is the most important crystalline phase in fired products belonging to the Al2O3–SiO2 mullite system such as whiteware articles used in daily life (e. g. low- and high-temperature hard porcelain sanitaryware and structural clay products). Mullite has attracted increasing interest due to its excellent high-temperature strength and creep resistance good chemical and thermal stability low thermal expansion coefficient and good dielectric properties. Mullitization has been a subject of extensive and controversial investigations. This book comprehensively covers the synthesis and six types of phase transformation of mullite. Part I reviews previous research on the synthesis of mullite gels advantages and disadvantages of different chemical routes of synthesis and phase transformation processes. Part II discusses the nature and characterization of spinel and mullite phases and different mechanisms of mullite formation as conjectured by various researchers. Part III deals with the critical analysis of the spinel and mullite phases and evolution of mullite formation routes. Every chapter is accompanied by detailed diagrams and a comprehensive list of references. | Mullite Formations Analysis and Applications

GBP 139.00
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Industrial Biomimetics

Industrial Biomimetics

Biomimetics is an innovative paradigm shift based on biodiversity for sustainability. Biodiversity is not only the result of evolutionary adaption but also the optimized solution of an epic combinatorial chemistry for sustainability because the diversity has been acquired by biological processes and technology including production processes operating principles and control systems all of which differ from human technology. In the recent decades biomimetics has gained a great deal of industrial interest because of its unique solutions for engineering problems. In this book researchers have contributed cutting-edge results from the viewpoint of two types of industrial applications of biomimetics. The first type starts with engineering tasks to solve an engineering problem using biomimetics while the other starts with the knowledge of biology and its application to engineering fields. This book discusses both approaches. Edited by Profs. Masatsugu Shimomura and Akihiro Miyauchi two prominent nanotechnology researchers this book will appeal to advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level students of biology chemistry physics and engineering and to researchers working in the areas of mechanics optical devices glue materials sensor devices and SEM observation of living matter. | Industrial Biomimetics

GBP 139.00
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Quantum Mechanics Problems and Solutions

Quantum Mechanics Problems and Solutions

This is a companion volume to K. Kong Wan’s textbook Quantum Mechanics: A Fundamental Approach published in 2019 by Jenny Stanford Publishing. The book contains more than 240 exercises and problems listed at the end of most chapters. This essential manual presents full solutions to all the exercises and problems that are designed to help the reader master the material in the textbook. Mastery of the material in the book would contribute greatly to the understanding of the concepts and formalism of quantum mechanics. | Quantum Mechanics Problems and Solutions

GBP 37.99
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Rhyacophilidae of India

Rhyacophilidae of India

The order Trichoptera is one of the sixth largest insect orders with over 16 000 species known globally. In India this order is represented by about 1400 species only. The literature on the caddisflies of India so far has remained scattered and fragmented. This book documents all of the 184 species of one of the largest family of Trichoptera: Rhyacophilidae. It details the taxonomic description of each species along with good-quality figures. The book will be a useful resource for studying the systematics and ecological aspects of caddisflies. | Rhyacophilidae of India

GBP 139.00
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Agricultural Biocatalysis Biological and Chemical Applications

Agricultural Biocatalysis Biological and Chemical Applications

Agricultural biocatalysis is of immense scientific interest nowadays owing to its increasing importance in the efforts for more sustainable agriculture while optimizing environmental impacts. Plant compatibility is essential for developing eco-friendly and sustainable microbial products. Therefore our search for novel technologies ought to be in the foreground for which a thorough understanding of biochemical processes applications of agricultural enzymes traits and viruses should get the highest priority. Volumes 8 to 10 in this series compile the recent research on agricultural biocatalysis by interdisciplinary teams from international institutes for chemistry biochemistry biotechnology and materials and chemical engineering who have been investigating agricultural-biocatalytic topics related to biochemical conversions or bioremediation and modern biological and chemical applications exemplified by the use of selected and highly innovative agricultural enzymes traits and viruses. The editors are prominent researchers in agrochemistry and theoretical biophysical chemistry and these three volumes are useful references for the students and researchers in the fields of agrochemistry biochemistry biology biophysical chemistry natural product chemistry materials and drug design. Volume 10 covers the research on biological control plant uptake and plant growth aspects plant stress including genome editing in plants and selected agrochemical classes as well as the importance of modern chiral agrochemicals. | Agricultural Biocatalysis Biological and Chemical Applications

GBP 270.00
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Mysteries in Muscle Contraction Evidence against Current Dogmas

Mysteries in Muscle Contraction Evidence against Current Dogmas

This book explores the author’s wide-ranging work on muscle research which spans more than 50 years. It delves into the dogmas of muscle contraction: how the models were constructed and what was overlooked during the process including their resulting shortcomings. The text stimulates general readers’ and researchers’ interest highlights the author’s pioneering work on the electron microscopic recording of myosin head power and recovery strokes and presents a frank discussion on how the original work sometimes tends to be overlooked by competing scientists who hinder the progress of science. | Mysteries in Muscle Contraction Evidence against Current Dogmas

GBP 139.00
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Nanomedicine in Cancer

Nanomedicine in Cancer

This book is the first in a series compiling highly cited articles in nanomedicine recently. The series is edited by Lajos P. Balogh a prominent nanotechnology researcher and journal editor. The first book content is about nanotechnology in cancer research. It also includes a wide variety of must-know topics that will appeal to any researcher involved in nanomedicine macromolecular science cancer therapy and drug delivery research. These 31 articles collected here have already acquired more than 3500 citations (i. e. over a hundred on average) highlighting the importance and recognized professional interest of the scientists working in this field. | Nanomedicine in Cancer

GBP 347.00
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Nano-Enabled Medical Applications

Nano-Enabled Medical Applications

This book is the second in a series presenting articles that received the most citations in recent years in nanomedicine. The series is edited by a prominent nanotechnology researcher and editor-in-chief of Precision Nanomedicine. The theme of the second volume is about nano-enabled medical applications. The 19 articles collected here have already acquired more than 12 500 citations highlighting the importance and professional recognition of the work of these scientists in nanomedicine. The content includes the general overview of the field and a wide variety of applications that have been impossible without nanoscience and nanotechnology.

GBP 193.00
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