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Nanoparticle engineering for chemical-mechanical planarization : fabrication …
Increasing reliance on electronic devices demands products with high performance and efficiency. Such devices can be realized through the advent of nanoparticle technology. This book explains the physicochemical properties of nanoparticles according to each step in the chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) process, including dielectric CMP, shallow trend isolation CMP, metal CMP, poly isolati…
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- 1100491609
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- xi. :ill. : 222 p.
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- 621.38152. JEA
Our nanotechnology future
This book explores nanotechnology, a rapidly evolving and growing field with applications in a large number of areas. The concepts and physics are highlighted through topics such as nanoscience, quantum effects, nanostructures, and new forms of carbon. Applications and potential health and safety implications of nanomaterials are discussed for healthcare, food production, electronics, defence a…
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- 9789462984127
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- ill. ;245. p.
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- 500. CHR
Friendship and technology : a philosophical approach to computer mediated com…
This book explores the nature of technology – participatory media in particular – and its effects on our friendships and our fundamental sense of togetherness. Situating the notion of friendship in the modern era, the author examines the possibilities and challenges of technology on our friendships. Taking a media ecology approach to interpersonal communication, she looks at issues around p…
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- 9781003188810
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- xi, 156 p. : ill
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- 158.25 PET f
Dangerous science : science policy and risk analysis for scientists and engin…
The public is generally enthusiastic about the latest science and technology, but sometimes research threatens the physical safety or ethical norms of society. When this happens, scientists and engineers can find themselves unprepared in the midst of an intense science policy debate. In the absence of convincing evidence, technological optimists and skeptics struggle to build consensus. In thes…
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- 9781911529880
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- ix. ;162 p.
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- 501.51. DAN d
Competition in world politics : knowledge, strategies and institutions
The »return of great power competition« between (among others) the US, China, Russia and the EU is a major topic in contemporary public debate. But why do we think of world politics in terms of »competition«? Which information and which rules enable states and other actors in world politics to »compete« with one another? Which competitive strategies do they pursue in the complex environme…
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- 9783839457474
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- 306 p.
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- 300 RUS c
Environmental management in construction : a quantitative approach
Demands on the construction industry are changing, and it is now virtually essential for environmental management to be considered at all stages of a project. Many construction managers are finding a quantitative approach useful, and this book outlines four quantitative methods which can be applied at different construction stages, and which fit within a comprehensive framework of dynamic Envir…
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- 9781138968899
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- xx. ;ill. :233 p.
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- 690.0286. ZHE e
Construction supply chain economics
This is the first comprehensive investigation of the industrial sourcing and procurement practices throughout sixty-eight construction industry supply channels across seven major commodity sectors at all levels. London presents real-world case studies to combine theory and practice to describe the economic structural and behavioural characteristics of sectors integral to the construction indust…
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- 9780203962480
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- vi. ;481 p.
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- 690.0687 KER c
Healthcare biotechnology : a practical guide
Foreseeing and planning for all of the possibilities and pitfalls involved in bringing a biotechnology innovation from inception to widespread therapeutic use takes strong managerial skills and a solid grounding in biopharmaceutical research and development procedures. Unfortunately there has been a dearth of resources for this aspect of the field.
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- 9781439847466
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- vii. ;ill. :661 p.
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- 615.19. DIM h
A tumblr book : platform and cultures
"This book takes an extensive look at the many different types of users and cultures that comprise the popular social media platform Tumblr. Though it does not receive nearly as much attention as other social media such as Twitter or Facebook, Tumblr and its users have been hugely influential in creating and shifting popular culture, especially progressive youth culture, with the New York Ti…
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- 9780472901296
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- 405p.
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- 302.2314 ALL a
Robotic Knitting : Re-Crafting Human-Robot Collaboration Through Careful Cobo…
As a reaction to typically dead-end debates on future human and robot collaboration that tend to be either dismissive or overly welcoming towards »cobot« technologies, this book provides a technofeminist intervention. Pat Treusch not only shows how both the fields of technofeminism and robotics can engage in a practical exchange through knitting, but also contributes a tangible example of cob…
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- 9783839452035
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- 166p.
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- Science Studies
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- 629.8924019 PAT r
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