Advanced materials innovation : managing global technology in the 21st century /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moskowitz, Sanford L. (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, [2016]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.