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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830293903321

Autore

Moskowitz Sanford L.

Titolo

Advanced materials innovation : managing global technology in the 21st century / / Sanford L. Moskowitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-118-98608-3

1-118-98609-1

1-118-98607-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (488 p.)

Disciplina

620.11

Soggetti

Materials - Technological innovations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Advanced materials innovation : an overview -- Advanced casting technology : ultra-thin steel and the microalloys -- High-pressure technology and Dupont's synthetic fibers revolution -- Low-temperature (interfacial) polymerization : Dupont's specialty fibers vs. General Electric's polycarbonate revolution -- Fluidization I : from advanced fuels to the polysilicones -- Fluidization II : the polyethylenes, the unipol process, and the metallocene polymers -- The metal-on-silicon (MOS) process : the rise of the integrated circuit -- The silicon gate process : the memory chip and the microprocessor -- The epitaxial process I : Bell Labs and the semiconductor laser -- The epitaxial process II : IBM and the silicon-germanium chip -- Product-oriented materials I : liquid crystals and small LC displays - the electronic calculator and the digital watch -- Product-oriented materials II : liquid crystals, thin-film transistors and large LC displays - flat screen televisions and personal computers -- Nanomaterials : the promise and the challenge.