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Highlights in Applied Mineralogy.

What can we learn from nature? The study of the physical, chemical and structural properties of well-known minerals in the geo- and biosphere creates new opportunities for innovative applications in technology, environment or medicine. This book highlights today's research on outstanding minera...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Behnam, Akhavan
Otros Autores: Buck, Gerald, Capacci, Fabio, Checa, Antonio, Di Benedetto, Francesco, Eisenhauer, Anton, Giere, Reto, Heuss-Aßbichler, Soraya, Amthauer, Georg, John, Melanie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, 2017.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Intro; Preface; Contents; List of contributing authors; Part I: High-technology materials; 1. Lithium ionâ#x80;#x93;conducting oxide garnets; 2. Olivine-type battery materials; 3. Natural and synthetic zeolites; 4. Microstructure analysis of chalcopyrite-type Cu2ZnSe4 and kesterite-type Cu2ZnSnSe4 absorber layers in thin film solar cells; 5. Surface-engineered silica via plasma polymer deposition; 6. Crystallographic symmetry analysis in NiTi shape memory alloys; Part II: Environmental mineralogy.
  • 7. Gold, silver, and copper in the geosphere and anthroposphere: can industrial wastewater act as an anthropogenic resource?8. Applied mineralogy for recovery from the accident of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station; 9. Phosphates as safe containers for radionuclides; 10. Immobilization of high-level waste calcine (radwaste) in perovskites; 11. Titanate ceramics for high-level nuclear waste immobilization; Part III: Biomineralization, biomimetics, and medical mineralogy; 12. Patterns of mineral organization in carbonate biological hard materials.
  • 13. Sea urchin spines as role models for biological design and integrative structures14. Nacre: a biomineral, a natural biomaterial, and a source of bio-inspiration; 15. Hydroxylapatite coatings: applied mineralogy research in the bioceramics field; 16. A procedure to apply spectroscopic techniques in the investigation of silica-bearing industrial materials; About the authors; Index.