In this book, the author examines the innovation sequence that turns the results of scientific investigation into marketable products. The content of the book is organized in three categories: structural, functional and hybrid materials. The chapters within each category are focused on important process technologies that create different but technically related materials and products. Structural Materials - includes metals, plastics and composites that are generally used in making parts for cars, planes, buildings, and bridges, as well as for biomedical applications such as synthetic bones. Advanced casting technology, high pressure technology, low-temperature polymerization, and fluidization process are discussed. Functional Materials - refers to such materials as semiconductor materials that power solid state electronic devices including transistors, microchips and solid state lasers. This part focuses on semiconductors: metal-on-silicon (MOS) process, silicon gate process, and epitaxial process. Hybrid Materials - hybrid materials have structural and functional applications. Nanotubes, for example, can be used to make nanocomposites (structural) as well as advanced microchips (functional). Liquid crystals and nanomaterials are discussed in detail in this section.
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