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Katharina Kohse-Hoeinghaus | Burning for Science—A Woman in a Technical Field

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Katharina Kohse-Hoeinghaus | Burning for Science—A Woman in a Technical Field

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Katharina Kohse-Hoeinghaus
Burning for Science—A Woman in a Technical Field

Author: Katharina Kohse-Höinghaus 

Published: January 13, 2025
ISBN Print Edition: 978-3-86225-137-7 

ISBN E-Book Edition: 978-3-86225-568-9 

 

Katharina Kohse-Hoeinghaus was born in Germany’s industrial Ruhr area in 1951. Science fascinated her early on—this never changed and propelled her life into a stellar academic career. After studying chemistry, she cut her own path from atmospheric chemistry to combustion science.

Constantly she created new trails between physics, chemistry, materials science, and engineering to explore combustion, pollutant emissions, and new analytical techniques.

Challenges like a dual-career family and raising funds for cross-border science led to many out-of-the-box initiatives, including science education for kids and students.

Katharina is famous for never running out of fuel: She became the first female President of the International Combustion Society and of Germany’s Bunsen Society, served on numerous boards and received many awards. Her trailblazing life for women in STEM worldwide is remarkable and her engaging story will be enjoyed by all!

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Synthesis and Applications in Chemistry and Materials

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Synthesis and Applications in Chemistry and Materials

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Synthesis and Applications in Chemistry and Materials
(4 volumes set)


Series on Chemistry, Energy and the Environment: Volumes 11–14
Volume 11: Metal Coordination and Nanomaterials
Volume 12: Enzymatic and Organic Systems
Volume 13: Metal Complex Catalytic Systems and Materials
Volume 14: Biomass and Waste Valorisation, Functional Materials, Energy Conversion and
Supercritical Systems

Editors: Armando J.L. Pombeiro, Kamran T. Mahmudov, M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva
Publisher, year (number of pages): World Scientific, 2024 (2100 pages)
ISBN: 978-981-12-7993-5 (hardcover), 978-981-12-7995-9 (ebook)


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The Constitution of Science

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The Constitution of Science

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The Constitution of Science

December, 2024

Authors: C. Mantzavinos, University of Athens, Greece

Paperback ISBN:  9781009509176
 
 
Description

How can science be protected, by whom and at what level? If science is valued positively as the incubator of the most successful solutions to representational problems of reality as well as the basis of the most effective interventions in the natural and social world, then its constitutional foundations must be protected. This book develops a specific normative outlook on science by introducing the idea of a ‘Constitution of Science’. Scientific activities are special kinds of epistemic problem-solving activities unfolding in an institutional context. The scientific enterprise is a social process unfolding within an intricate institutional framework that structures the daily activities of scientists and shapes their outcomes. Those institutions of science which are of the highest generality make up the ‘Constitution of Science’ and are of fundamental importance for channelling the scientific process effectively.

  • Offers a radical reorientation of the discussion on the role of values in science
  • Narrows the divide between the traditional philosophy of science which elaborates on the standards defining science as a truth-seeking enterprise, and the sociological, economic and political outlook of science which emphasizes the contingent nature of the enterprise
  • Evaluates the informal and formal institutions of science and proposes five principles that should be adopted in order for science to be protected

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Flexible Devices Based on Metal Oxides

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Flexible Devices Based on Metal Oxides

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Flexible Devices Based on Metal Oxides | Achievements and Prospects

1st Edition – November 28, 2024
 
Authors: Daniela Nunes, Ana Pimentel, Pedro Barquinha, M.J. Mendes, J. Coelho, Elvira Fortunato, Rodrigo Martins, Henrique Vazão de Almeida
Language: English
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Flexible devices based on metal oxides: Achievements and prospects focuses on the integration of flexibility in electronic circuitry, sensing applications, energy conversion and storage, and environmental remediation. Flexibility in these applications offers great potential, especially in the areas of wearable sensors, solar cells, transistors, electronic skin, and human body monitoring. The book investigates flexible and wearable devices based on metal oxide nanostructures or thin films that are capable of bending, rolling, compression, and folding, all while maintaining their performance.

Metal oxide nanomaterials display exceptional properties that include mechanical stress tolerance, high optical transparency, high carrier mobilities, wide band gap, high dielectric constant, and superconductivity, amongst others. In some cases, they are also earth abundant, environmentally benign, cost-effective, chemically stable, and compatible with low-cost wet-chemical synthesis routes. The focus of the book is on wearables manufactured using sustainable manufacturing methods and integrated into substrates that are flexible, inexpensive, recyclable, abundant, and lightweight, including polymer, textile, cellulose and cork substrates.

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Ways of Comprehending | The Grand Illusion and the Essence of being Human

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Ways of Comprehending | The Grand Illusion and the Essence of being Human

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Modern Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers | A Street-Smart Introduction

Author: Athanassios Fokas (University of Cambridge, UK & University of Southern California, USA)

Published: October 2024
ISBN: 978-1-80061-514-4

o comprehend the world around us, we first have to decipher how our brains work. This book outlines a new approach to knowledge and comprehension based on the elucidation of several basic neuronal mechanisms. It explores the crucial fact that unconscious processes and conscious experiences form a continuum and, importantly, introduces the concept of metarepresentations. This fundamental notion captures the essence of being human, namely, what separates us from our evolutionary predecessors. Important examples of metarepresentations are language, mathematics, technology and the arts. The interdisciplinary, integrative approach of this book demonstrates how different disciplines and notions which appear disconnected are actually closely related. Furthermore, this approach elucidates how we think about topics such as mathematics, physics, painting, music and philosophy. Most significantly, it helps us understand the origin of our thoughts, feelings and actions, bringing deep insight and fulfilment or, more precisely, eudemonia.

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5: From Homeostasis and Consciousness to Metarepresentations: A Uniquely Human Characteristic

Contents:

  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgements
  • Prologue
  • Preliminaries
  • Basic Notions:
    • Introduction to Neurophysiology
    • Introduction to Neuroanatomy
    • Perception as the Solution of an Inverse Problem
    • From Homeostasis and Consciousness to Metarepresentations: A Uniquely Human Characteristic
  • The Transformative Role of Rerepresentations and Cultural versus Biological Evolution:
    • The Origin of Metarepresentations and Language
    • The Metarepresentations of Arts, Mathematics, Computations, and Technology
    • Biological versus Cultural Evolutions
  • The Interplay Between Unconscious and Conscious Processes:
    • Innate Knowledge and Learning
    • Memory and Learning
    • The Neuronal Substrates of Unconscious Processes and Conscious Experiences
    • Details of Visual Perception
    • Light, Vision, and Art
  • Functional Imaging, Brain Stimulation, and Medicine:
    • The Functional Imaging Techniques of PET and SPECT and the Diagnosis of Dementia
    • The Functional Imaging Technique of FMRI and an Astonishing Medical Application
    • Different Types of Brain Stimulations, Parkinson’s Disease, Major Depression, and Bipolar Disorder
    • The Interdisciplinary Nature of Medicine
  • The Quest for the Hidden Reality:
    • Abstraction and Generalizing are the Essential Features of Mathematics
    • How Can the Problem of Consciousness be Solved?
  • Epilogue
  • Index

Readership: This book is suitable for any university student and university graduate independent of area of matriculation. The book will be equally useful to individuals in arts and the humanities, and ideal for a course within the context of Great Ideas.

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Antonio Damasio, a preeminent worldwide neuroscientist in the area of emotions-feelings, writes in his endorsement:”[…] In brief, we need to comprehend how we comprehend. This is the monumental enterprise that Athanassios Fokas has set for himself, and his new book shows that he is succeeding”. Also, the leading neuroscientist Nikos Logothetis writes: “A marvellous book. It is remarkable that questions which distinguished neuroscientists, including Noble Laureates, could not address, are answered by Fokas. If this book is studied, it will have a significant impact on our culture”.

Modern Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers

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Modern Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers

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Modern Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers | A Street-Smart Introduction

Author: Athanassios Fokas (University of Cambridge, UK & University of Southern California, USA) and 
Efthimios Kaxiras (Harvard University, USA)
Published: March 2023
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-80061-181-8

Modern Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers is a modern introduction to basic topics in mathematics at the undergraduate level, with emphasis on explanations and applications to real-life problems. There is also an “Application” section at the end of each chapter, with topics drawn from a variety of areas, including neural networks, fluid dynamics, and the behavior of “put” and “call” options in financial markets. The book presents several modern important and computationally efficient topics, including feedforward neural networks, wavelets, generalized functions, stochastic optimization methods, and numerical methods.

A unique and novel feature of the book is the introduction of a recently developed method for solving partial differential equations (PDEs), called the unified transform. PDEs are the mathematical cornerstone for describing an astonishingly wide range of phenomena, from quantum mechanics to ocean waves, to the diffusion of heat in matter and the behavior of financial markets. Despite the efforts of many famous mathematicians, physicists and engineers, the solution of partial differential equations remains a challenge.

The unified transform greatly facilitates this task. For example, two and a half centuries after Jean d’Alembert formulated the wave equation and presented a solution for solving a simple problem for this equation, the unified transform derives in a simple manner a generalization of the d’Alembert solution, valid for general boundary value problems. Moreover, two centuries after Joseph Fourier introduced the classical tool of the Fourier series for solving the heat equation, the unified transform constructs a new solution to this ubiquitous PDE, with important analytical and numerical advantages in comparison to the classical solutions. The authors present the unified transform pedagogically, building all the necessary background, including functions of real and of complex variables and the Fourier transform, illustrating the method with numerous examples.

Broad in scope, but pedagogical in style and content, the book is an introduction to powerful mathematical concepts and modern tools for students in science and engineering.

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Quantum Dots – Synthesis, characterization, and optical investigations

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Quantum Dots – Synthesis, characterization, and optical investigations

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Quantum Dots: Synthesis, Characterization, and Optical Investigations

Author: Yarub Al-Douri
Published: September 2024
Series: Part of the IPEM–IOP Series in Coherent Sources, Quantum Fundamentals, and Applications
ISBN: Online – 978-0-7503-5704-3 | Print – 978-0-7503-5702-9

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A comprehensive guide to the synthesis and optical properties of quantum dots

Quantum Dots: Synthesis, Characterization, and Optical Investigations offers a detailed exploration of the synthesis and optical studies of self-assembled quantum dots (QDs), with an emphasis on the ability to modify nanoelectronic properties through structural adjustments. This book covers the latest developments in nanotechnology and advanced procedures, aiming to benefit scientific communities, drive economic growth, and build a sustainable future.

A novel aspect of this work is its focus on artificial intelligence (AI) applications for the synthesis and optimization of quantum dots. AI-driven approaches leverage machine learning algorithms to predict and control the properties of QDs based on factors like composition, size, and shape. Through AI, the synthesis process can be optimized to achieve specific optical and electronic characteristics, thereby enhancing the functionality and uniformity of quantum dots. AI technology also facilitates rapid screening of potential QD configurations to achieve optimal results.

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Reliability Analysis of Modern Power Systems

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Reliability Analysis of Modern Power Systems

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Reliability Analysis of Modern Power Systems

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ISBN: 978-1-394-22675-7

July 2024

Wiley-IEEE Press

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A reader-friendly introduction to reliability analysis and its power systems applications

The subset of probability theory known as reliability theory analyzes the likelihood of failure in a given component or system under given conditions. It is a critical aspect of engineering as it concerns systems of all kinds, not least modern power systems, with their essential role in sustaining the technologies on which modern life relies. Reliability Analysis of Modern Power Systems is a thorough, accessible book introducing the core concepts of reliability theory as they apply to power systems engineering, as well as the advanced technologies currently driving new frontiers in reliability analysis. It is a must-own for anyone looking to understand and improve the systems that power our world.

Photoelectrochemical Engineering for Solar Harvesting: Chemistry, Materials, Devices (Nanophotonics)

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Photoelectrochemical Engineering for Solar Harvesting: Chemistry, Materials, Devices (Nanophotonics)

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Photoelectrochemical Engineering for Solar Harvesting: Chemistry, Materials, Devices (Nanophotonics)

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Editors: Samrana Kazim, Muhammad Nawaz Tahir, Shahzada Ahmad, Sanjay Mathur
 
1st Edition – June 24, 2024
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Photoelectrochemical Engineering for Solar Harvesting: Chemistry, Materials, Devices provides an up-to-date appraisal of the photon engineering of innovative catalysts for solar energy harvesting. This book analyzes the overall progress, potential challenges, and the industrialization of new catalysts in the near future. The primary emphasis is on experimental approaches from materials synthesis to device applications, however, there is also an introduction to relevant photochemistry concepts. This book is suitable for materials scientists and chemists who, through the use of photonics, are in continuous pursuit of improving the efficiencies of different devices used to capture solar energy for the generation of sustainable fuel.

Sunlight-driven fuel synthesis is the most sustainable and potentially economical option for producing energy vectors through water splitting. Thus, this book focuses on the design of photocatalysts and water oxidation catalysts, as artificial photosynthesis and hydrogen fuel production via water oxidation (in place of fossil fuels) are two promising approaches towards renewable energy.

Friction and Wear in Metals

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Friction and Wear in Metals

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Friction and Wear in Metals

Authors: Riyadh A. Al-Samarai, Yarub Al-Douri

Publisher Springer 

eBook ISBN 978-981-97-1168-0

Hardcover ISBN 978-981-97-1167-3

Softcover ISBN 978-981-97-1170-3

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Wear is a process that occurs at the interfaces of interacting bodies. However, the gradual removal of this barrier by scientists has revealed a staggering array of different types and causes of wear. Since the very first wear tests, we have learned much more about wear and have made great strides in identifying wear mechanisms. Our understanding of wear has changed over the past few decades and this includes how we classify different wear mechanisms. Originally intended to classify wear mechanisms, terms such as abrasion, adhesion, and fatigue are inadequate today. Originally intended to categorize wear mechanisms, terms like abrasion, adhesion, and fatigue are today inadequate. Surface coatings and new materials wear differently. Understanding the mechanisms through which wear occurs, which frequently involve complex reactions and transitions, is essential to the effective utilization of these resources. Also, it will be much simpler for us to modify a material if we comprehend how, it resists wear and friction. It is now obvious that thin layers of material existing between interacting surfaces influence all known types of friction and wear. The reduction of friction and wear caused by the presence of fluid or lubricant at the point of contact has long been known. Wear and friction are typically substantially higher if such a film is merely created by bodies sliding in dry contact. In general, this film creation significantly lowers friction and wear, which makes it typically advantageous. Nonetheless, occasionally film formation occurs increases friction and wear. This textbook offers current knowledge on materials, wear mechanisms, and wear. The chapters cover the most recent ideas in classification of wear mechanisms, metal wear, polymer and ceramic wear, fretting wear, material wear, friction and ceramic wear, the third body concept in problems of wear and friction, and tribology of technical surfaces. The effects of surface chemistry in tribology, wear in boundary lubrication, the influence of lubricant chemistry on wear, the characterization and classification of particles and surfaces, as well as machine breakdowns and their avoidance, are also covered. This book advantage is its current understanding of the subject and the repeated mentions of technical principles.