Advanced Composite Materials

Composites materials is basically the combining of unique properties of materials to have synergistic effects. A combination of materials is needed to adapt to certain properties for any application area. There is an everlasting desire to make composite materials stronger, lighter or more durable than traditional materials. Carbon materials are known to be attractive in composites because of their combination of chemical and physical properties. In the recent years, development of new composites has been influenced by precision green approaches that restrict hazardous substances and waste created during production. This book ranges from the fundamental principles underpinning the fabrication of different composite materials to their devices, for example, applications in energy harvesting, memory devices, electrochemical biosensing and other advanced composite-based biomedical applications.

This book provides a compilation of innovative fabrication strategies and utilization methodologies which are frequently adopted in the advanced composite materials community with respect to developing appropriate composites to efficiently utilize macro and nanoscale features. The key topics are:

• Pioneer composite materials for printed electronics
• Current-limiting defects in superconductors
• High-tech ceramics materials
• Carbon nanomaterials for electrochemical biosensing
• Nanostructured ceramics and bioceramics for bone cancer
• Importance of biomaterials for bone regeneration
• Tuning hydroxyapatite particles
• Carbon nanotubes reinforced bioceramic composite
• Biomimetic prototype interface

Ashutosh Tiwari is Secretary General, International Association of Advanced Materials; Chairman and Managing Director of Tekidag AB (Innotech); Associate Professor and Group Leader, Smart Materials and Biodevices at the world premier Biosensors and Bioelectronics Centre, IFM-Linkoping University; Editor-in-Chief, Advanced Materials Letters; a materials chemist and docent in the Applied Physics with the specialization of Biosensors and Bioelectronics from Linkoping University, Sweden. He has more than 100 peer-reviewed primary research publications in the field of materials science and nanotechnology and has edited/authored more than 35 books on advanced materials and technology. He is the founder member and chair of American, Asian, European and Advanced Materials World Congress, Smart Materials and Surfaces, Global & European Graphene Forum, International Conference on Smart Energy Technologies, International Conference on Material Science and Technology and World Technology Forum.

Mohmmad R. Alenezi (PhD, University of Surrey, UK) is the Assistant Deputy Director General for Applied Education and Research at Public Authority for Applied Education and Training in Kuwait. He is also an assistant professor at the department of Electronics Engineering at the college of technological studies. His research is focused on rationally controlled synthesis of metal oxide nanostructures at low temperature and large scale and their uses in the fabrication of different devices for a wide range of applications.

Seong Chan Jun received his Master and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell University and Columbia University respectively after which he joined the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC) at Columbia University. He worked at the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) in nano-electronics divisions, and since 2008 he has been on the mechanical engineering faculty at Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. His specialty is electrical and optical nano-materials.