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This book addresses the theoretical and scientific foundations and practical research of technologies in clean production processes based on multi-criteria decision-making. The analyzed/selected model is a realistic and appropriate model for the field of research. Comparisons are made with traditional decision-making methods and new advanced scientific methods are incorporated. The book will be of interest to engineers and researchers who focus on multi-criteria decision-making and research in clean production processes, as well as students and professors at universities that deal with this field.

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In recent years, composite materials have garnered attention, as various combinations of reinforcements can be incorporated to create lightweight materials with diverse properties. Composite materials can be tailored for particular applications and made suitable for adverse atmospheric conditions. A new, challenging research area involves the formulation of innovative materials with less weight, higher stiffness, lower costs, and higher biocompatibility. Examples of applications for such materials include electric vehicles, defence vehicles, aircraft parts and industrial machine structures. The incorporation of natural and inorganic filler to Kevlar epoxy composite shows improved behavioural properties compared to either natural or inorganic filler alone. These properties include tensile, flexural and interlaminar shear strength as well as thermal performance. This book aims to describe the advantages of using bi-filler reinforcement over single filler reinforcement to enable the development of innovative composite materials with tuneable properties.

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Nanomaterials are materials with individual units ranging in size from 1 to 1000 nanometers. Nanomaterials research necessitates collaboration between materials science and nanotechnology, improved materials metrology, and synthesis. This book is made up of chapters that cover the most important aspects of nanotechnology. The majority of the subjects covered in this book are related to nanomaterial properties, synthesis, procedures, and applications. This edited book provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of this vital area. The different materials and their presentations in energy, ceramics, alloys, catalysis, membrane, pollution, and biomedical sciences are covered in this edited book. It addresses a range of aspects because these materials' structure can be tailored at extremely small scales to achieve specific properties, thus greatly expanding the materials science toolkit. It explores several applications that could potentially be used to improve the environment and to more efficiently and cost-effectively produce energy, such as producing solar cells that generate electricity at a competitive rate, so the book offers a valuable asset for a broad readership, including professionals, students, and researchers from materials science/engineering, polymer science, composite technology, nanotechnology, and biotechnology whose work involves various types of nanomaterials. Increased coverage of important background science makes this a valuable self-contained text, and extensive expanded referencing engages readers with the newest research and industrial advancements in the subject. This edited book contains twelve chapters of valuable studies from recent years.

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