03575nam 2200937z- 450 9910404086903321202102123-03928-507-6(CKB)4100000011302269(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/59182(oapen)doab59182(EXLCZ)99410000001130226920202102d2020 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSelf-Assembly of PolymersMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute20201 online resource (186 p.)3-03928-506-8 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.History of engineering and technologybicsscadsorptionair-liquid interfaceaprotininbiomedicineblock polymersCaCO3calcium alginatecalcium carbonatecell cultureco-synthesiscollagencontrolled releasecrosslinkingdrug deliveryencapsulationevaporative self-assemblyfield-effect transistorflexible geometric confinementfluorescencefood industrylayer-by-layerMarangoni convectionmarine exopolysaccharidemesoporousmicrostructuremonolayermorphological transformationmucinn/ananocrystallinenanolithographynanoparticlephoto-sensitivepolyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanepolymerpolymer scaffoldpolymerisationporous hydrogelprotamineprotein adsorption resistanceself-assemblysolvent vapor annealingstimuli-responsive polymerstimuli-responsive polymerssurface modificationsynthetic polypeptidetension gradientthin filmsTi6Al4VtransglutaminasesHistory of engineering and technologyVikulina Annaauth1327944Volodkin DmitryauthBOOK9910404086903321Self-Assembly of Polymers3038320UNINA03754nam 2200733z- 450 991055729650332120210501(CKB)5400000000041074(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/69195(oapen)doab69195(EXLCZ)99540000000004107420202105d2020 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBistatic HF RadarBasel, SwitzerlandMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute20201 online resource (204 p.)3-03943-330-X 3-03943-331-8 The proliferation of HF radar systems for ocean remote sensing and maritime surveillance continues apace, with hundreds of such radars now deployed around the world. The overwhelming majority of these radars operate in the conventional monostatic configuration, with the transmitting and receiving systems collocated or closely spaced; this simple geometry has obvious advantages in terms of cost, siting requirements, communications, maintenance, signal processing, and echo interpretation, and it has been adopted by HF radars exploiting line-of-sight, surface wave, and skywave propagation modalities. All these considerations notwithstanding, in some circumstances there can be compelling reasons to implement bistatic configurations, defined as geometries in which the separation between transmitter and receiver is comparable with the range to the zones being interrogated. Factors that can drive this decision include energy budget, desire to exploit hybrid propagation modes, scattering characteristics of the targets of interest, properties of the clutter, survivability, and covertness. This book, a compilation of papers by leading researchers in the field, offers a panoramic account of the state of the art in bistatic HF radar. Topics covered include system design, HF propagation and scattering, signal processing, echo interpretation, and applications in the maritime domain. Supported with extensive references to the literature, this book should serve as an essential source for practitioners keen to expand the capabilities of their HF radar systems.History of engineering and technologybicsscbistatic configurationbistatic HF radarbistatic HFSWRbistatic radarcompact HFSWRcyclic cross ambiguity functiondata fusiondirectional wave spectrumDoppler spectraelectromagnetic scatteringexperiment verificationextended Kalman filterextreme learning machinefirst-order sea clutterGPSHF radarHFSWRinteracting multiple modelinversionmultiple satellites collaborationOTH radarpassive detectionradar cross sectionradar cross section (RCS)radio oceanographyremote sensingscattering coefficientsea cluttershipborne HFSWRshore-to-air bistatic HF radartarget detectiontarget trackingtrack associationHistory of engineering and technologyAnderson Stuartedt1250970Anderson StuartothBOOK9910557296503321Bistatic HF Radar3018455UNINA