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Additive manufacturing (AM), more commonly known as 3D printing, has grown trememdously in recent years. It has shown its potential uses in the medical, automotive, aerospace, and spare part sectors. Personal manufacturing, complex and optimized parts, short series manufacturing, and local on-demand manufacturing are just some of its current benefits. The development of new materials and equipment has opened up new application possibilities, and equipment is quicker and cheaper to use when utilizing the new materials launched by vendors and material developers. AM has become more critical for the industry but also for academics. Since AM offers more design freedom than any other manufacturing process, it provides designers with the challenge of designing better and more efficient products.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- additive manufacturing --- modular design --- design-for-manufacturability --- design optimization --- part consolidation --- product re-design --- topology optimization --- design for additive manufacturing --- 3D printing --- aerospace --- full-life cycle manufacturing flow --- airfoil --- carbon fiber tubes --- telescoping spars --- chevrons --- porous scaffold design --- tetrahedral implicit surface modeling --- triply periodic minimal surface --- selective laser melting (SLM) --- Ti6Al4V --- structure-property relationship --- microstructure --- Hall-Petch relationship --- additive manufacturing --- modular design --- design-for-manufacturability --- design optimization --- part consolidation --- product re-design --- topology optimization --- design for additive manufacturing --- 3D printing --- aerospace --- full-life cycle manufacturing flow --- airfoil --- carbon fiber tubes --- telescoping spars --- chevrons --- porous scaffold design --- tetrahedral implicit surface modeling --- triply periodic minimal surface --- selective laser melting (SLM) --- Ti6Al4V --- structure-property relationship --- microstructure --- Hall-Petch relationship

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The book deals with novel aspects and perspectives in metal oxide and hybrid material fabrication.

environment pollution --- Ti6Al4V titanium alloy --- polypropylene --- antibacterial --- physicochemical and morphological properties --- nanocomposites --- silica–lignin hybrid materials --- hazardous metals --- hierarchical --- oxyanions --- surface free energy --- CO2 capture --- dyes decolorization --- organic dyes decomposition --- mesoporous organosilica --- metal oxides --- surface layer --- mechanical properties --- ozone treatment --- adsorbents --- self-propagating --- molybdenum disulfide --- hybrid materials --- zirconia --- binary systems --- thermoplastic elastomers --- biodegradation --- sorption --- alumina --- binary oxide material --- porous hybrid adsorbents --- Ag-ZnO --- enzyme immobilization --- actinide --- photocatalysis --- aqueous durability --- zinc oxide --- inorganic oxide materials --- surface functionalization --- laccase --- nuclear waste --- water purification --- titanium dioxide --- polylactide --- zirconolite --- adhesive joint --- sol-gel method

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Nowadays, polymer self-assembly has become extremely attractive for both biological (drug delivery, tissue engineering, scaffolds) and non-biological (packaging, semiconductors) applications. In nature, a number of key biological processes are driven by polymer self-assembly, for instance protein folding. Impressive morphologies can be assembled from polymers thanks to a diverse range of interactions involved, e.g., electrostatics, hydrophobic, hots-guest interactions, etc. Both 2D and 3D tailor-made assemblies can be designed through modern powerful techniques and approaches such as the layer-by-layer and the Langmuir-Blodgett deposition, hard and soft templating. This Special Issue highlights contributions (research papers, short communications, review articles) that focus on recent developments in polymer self-assembly for both fundamental understanding the assembly phenomenon and real applications.

evaporative self-assembly --- encapsulation --- n/a --- microstructure --- solvent vapor annealing --- drug delivery --- polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane --- protein adsorption resistance --- photo-sensitive --- calcium carbonate --- fluorescence --- mucin --- polymerisation --- marine exopolysaccharide --- transglutaminases --- porous hydrogel --- adsorption --- aprotinin --- nanoparticle --- calcium alginate --- protamine --- nanocrystalline --- self-assembly --- morphological transformation --- cell culture --- block polymers --- stimuli-responsive polymer --- crosslinking --- mesoporous --- Ti6Al4V --- polymer --- flexible geometric confinement --- layer-by-layer --- surface modification --- co-synthesis --- nanolithography --- CaCO3 --- synthetic polypeptide --- air-liquid interface --- food industry --- stimuli-responsive polymers --- field-effect transistor --- Marangoni convection --- polymer scaffold --- collagen --- biomedicine --- thin films --- controlled release --- tension gradient --- monolayer

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This book focuses on recent advances in plasma technology and its application to metals, alloys, and related materials. Surface modifications, material syntheses, cutting and surface coatings are performed using low-pressure plasma or atmospheric-pressure plasma. The contributions of this book include the discussion of a wide scope of plasma technologies applied to materials. Plasma is a versatile tool that can be applied in many types of material processing. New material processing applications of plasmas and new plasma technologies are being developed rapidly. We hope that this book can contribute new knowledge to the plasma material research society.

Technology: general issues --- cathodic plasma electrolysis deposition --- Al2O3 coating --- oxidation --- solution surface tension --- nitrogen plasma --- Ga droplet --- GaN nanodot --- transmission electron microscopy --- wurtzite --- Zinc-blende --- plasma cutting --- cut heat affected zone --- mini-tensile test --- steel plate --- residual stress --- atmospheric pressure plasma jet --- platinum --- tin oxide --- dye-sensitized solar cells --- chloroplatinic acid --- tin chloride --- self-lubricating --- composite coating --- titanium --- plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) --- polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) --- plasma nitriding --- atmospheric-pressure plasma --- nitrogen dose amount --- hydrogen fraction --- void --- Ti6Al4V lattice structure --- Ag-doped TiO2 anatase --- spark plasma sintering --- selective laser melting --- additive manufacturing --- antibacterial and photoactivity applications --- aluminum --- surface --- plasma --- nitrogen --- postdischarge --- atmospheric pressure --- wettability --- organic-inorganic halide perovskite --- air plasma --- plasma treatment --- optoelectronic properties --- morphology --- cathodic plasma electrolysis deposition --- Al2O3 coating --- oxidation --- solution surface tension --- nitrogen plasma --- Ga droplet --- GaN nanodot --- transmission electron microscopy --- wurtzite --- Zinc-blende --- plasma cutting --- cut heat affected zone --- mini-tensile test --- steel plate --- residual stress --- atmospheric pressure plasma jet --- platinum --- tin oxide --- dye-sensitized solar cells --- chloroplatinic acid --- tin chloride --- self-lubricating --- composite coating --- titanium --- plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) --- polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) --- plasma nitriding --- atmospheric-pressure plasma --- nitrogen dose amount --- hydrogen fraction --- void --- Ti6Al4V lattice structure --- Ag-doped TiO2 anatase --- spark plasma sintering --- selective laser melting --- additive manufacturing --- antibacterial and photoactivity applications --- aluminum --- surface --- plasma --- nitrogen --- postdischarge --- atmospheric pressure --- wettability --- organic-inorganic halide perovskite --- air plasma --- plasma treatment --- optoelectronic properties --- morphology

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Recent industrial criteria increasingly require the production of multi-material components. However, the manufacturing requirements of these components are not met by conventional welding techniques. Alternative solid-state technologies, such as impact-based processes, must be considered. The impact welding family is composed of several processes, such as explosion welding, magnetic pulse welding, vaporizing foil actuator welding, and laser impact welding. These processes present very different length scales, providing the impact welding family with a broad applicability range. A sample of the cutting-edge research that is being conducted on the multidisciplinary field of impact welding is presented in this book.

Technology: general issues --- dissimilar materials --- interlayer --- vaporizing foil actuators welding --- impact welding --- impact velocity --- impact angle --- welding interface --- flyer velocity --- energy efficiency --- peak velocity --- flyer rebound --- flyer size --- confinement layer --- explosive welding --- Ti6Al4V/Al-1060 --- microstructure --- mechanical properties --- smooth particle hydrodynamic (SPH) --- high-velocity impact welding --- smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulation --- welding window --- gelatin --- thin aluminum plate --- magnesium alloys --- LPSO phase --- cellular metal --- composite structure --- unidirectional cellular metal --- explosive compaction --- high-energy-rate forming --- tantalum/copper/stainless steel clads --- severe plastic deformation --- SEM/EBSD --- microhardness --- magnetic pulse welding --- dissimilar metals --- surface preparation --- interface --- aluminum --- carbon steel --- stainless steel --- collision welding --- pressure welding --- process glare --- jet --- cloud of particles --- shock compression --- surface roughness --- collision conditions --- model test rig --- welding mechanisms --- dissimilar materials --- interlayer --- vaporizing foil actuators welding --- impact welding --- impact velocity --- impact angle --- welding interface --- flyer velocity --- energy efficiency --- peak velocity --- flyer rebound --- flyer size --- confinement layer --- explosive welding --- Ti6Al4V/Al-1060 --- microstructure --- mechanical properties --- smooth particle hydrodynamic (SPH) --- high-velocity impact welding --- smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulation --- welding window --- gelatin --- thin aluminum plate --- magnesium alloys --- LPSO phase --- cellular metal --- composite structure --- unidirectional cellular metal --- explosive compaction --- high-energy-rate forming --- tantalum/copper/stainless steel clads --- severe plastic deformation --- SEM/EBSD --- microhardness --- magnetic pulse welding --- dissimilar metals --- surface preparation --- interface --- aluminum --- carbon steel --- stainless steel --- collision welding --- pressure welding --- process glare --- jet --- cloud of particles --- shock compression --- surface roughness --- collision conditions --- model test rig --- welding mechanisms