The use of microwave gradually democratized itself in several scientific areas and it is now a common methodology in domains as different as chemistry, protein digestion, mining, and metallurgy processes. Materials chemistry is one of the fields where microwave irradiation technologies are being studied. In recent years, development of nanotechnologies has increased the interest of materials scientists for these new technologies. Microwave methodologies are now routinely used in several areas of materials science and new advances are ongoing.
This book presents recent improvements in microwave engineering of materials and nanomaterials. After introductions by experts of microwave chemistry and their interactions with materials, several prominent researchers in material sciences and nanosciences show advances in microwave technologies in several domains such as synthesis and modification of polymers, processing of various materials (ceramics, glasses, metallic alloys, and zeolites), and synthesis and functionalization of diverse nanomaterials (carbon nanotubes, MOF semiconductors, inorganic nanoparticles). The book will be of interest to all students and researchers in materials and nanosciences to discover or to increase their knowledge in microwave technology.
About the Editor:
Erwann Guénin is assistant professor at the Chimie, Structures, Propriétés de Biomatériaux et d'Agents Thérapeutiques (CSPBAT) Laboratory, Université Paris 13, France. He did his PhD from Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France, and acquired his habilitation from Université Paris 13. He has been associated with the University College London, UK, and Université Louis Pasteur, France, as a post-doctoral researcher. He has also been a researcher for a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) project. He has authored 36 papers published in international peer-reviewed journals, 3 book chapters, and 3 proceeding articles, and has 1 patent to his credit. He has participated in 21 oral communications and invited seminars and 41 poster communications. He is a reviewer for the Journal of Organic Chemistry; New Journal of Chemistry; Polymer Chemistry; Chemistry: A European Journal, European Journal of Organic Chemistry; Heteroatom Chemistry; Letters in Organic Chemistry; Current Organic Chemistry; Water, Air, & Soil Pollution; Catalysis Letters; Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and the Related Elements; Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry; and Molecules.
