Highlights in Applied Mineralogy / / ed. by Soraya Heuss-Aßbichler, Georg Amthauer, Melanie John.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2018
• MitwirkendeR: Akhavan, Behnam,; Amthauer, Georg,; Buck, Gerald,; Capacci, Fabio,; Checa, A.,; Di Benedetto, Francesco,; Eisenhauer, A.,; Gieré, Reto,; Gies, Hermann,; Griesshaber, E.,; Gunder, René,; Heimann, Robert B.,; Heuss-Aßbichler, S.,; Hirsch, Antje,; Hoelzel, Markus,; Jarvis, Karyn,; John, M.,; Julien, Christian M.,; Kadletz, Peter M.,; Kelm, K.,; Klang, Katharina,; Lauer, Christoph,; Leppin, Leonhard,; Lumpkin, Gregory R.,; Majewski, Peter,; Marler, Bernd,; Marquardt, Julien,; Mauger, Alain,; Neumeier, Stefan,; Nickel, Klaus G.,; Pardi, Luca A.,; Peters, Lars,; Pöllmann, H.,; Rettenwander, Daniel,; Romanelli, Maurizio,; Roth, Georg,; Rousseau, Marthe,; Sato, Tsutomu,; Schiebel, Korbinian,; Schlenz, Hartmut,; Schmahl, W.W.,; Schmahl, Wolfgang W.,; Schorr, Susan,; Smith, Katherine L.,; Stöber, S.,; Wagner, Reinhard,; Yin, X.,; Yin, Xiaofei,; Ziegler, A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Amthauer, Georg,; Heuss-Aßbichler, Soraya,; John, Melanie,
• TeilnehmendeR: Behnam, Akhavan.; Buck, Gerald.; Capacci, Fabio.; Checa, Antonio.; Di Benedetto, Francesco.; Eisenhauer, Anton.; Giere, Reto.; Gies, Hermann.; Griesshaber, Erika.; Gunder, Rene.; Heimann, Robert B.; Hirsch, Antje.; Hoelzel, Markus.; Jarvis, Karyn.; Julien, Christian.; Kadletz, Peter M.; Kelm, Klemens.; Klang, Katharina.; Lars, Peter.; Lauer, Christoph.; Leppin, Leonhard.; Lumpkin, Gregory R.; Majewski, Peter.; Marler, Bernd.; Marquardt, Julien.; Mauger, Alain.; Neumeier, Stefan.; Nickel, Klaus.; Pardi, Luca.; Pöllmann, Herbert.; Rettenwander, Daniel.; Romanelli, Maurizio.; Roth, Georg.; Rousseau, Marthe.; Sato, Tsutomu.; Schiebel, Korbinian.; Schlenz, Hartmut.; Schmahl, Wolfgang.; Schorr, Susan.; Smith, Katherine L.; Stöber, Stefan.; Wagner, Reinhard.; Yin, Xiaofei.; Ziegler, Andreas.
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2017]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XVI, 344 p.)

What can we learn from nature? The study of the physical, chemical and structural properties of well-known minerals in the geo- and biosphere creates new opportunities for innovative applications in technology, environment or medicine. This book highlights today’s research on outstanding minerals su...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Preface
• Contents
• List of contributing authors
• Part I: High-technology materials
• 1. Lithium ion–conducting oxide garnets
• 2. Olivine-type battery materials
• 3. Natural and synthetic zeolites
• 4. Microstructure analysis of chalcopyrite-type Cu2ZnSe4 and kesterite-type Cu2ZnSnSe4 absorber layers in thin film solar cells
• 5. Surface-engineered silica via plasma polymer deposition
• 6. Crystallographic symmetry analysis in NiTi shape memory alloys
• Part II: Environmental mineralogy
• 7. Gold, silver, and copper in the geosphere and anthroposphere: can industrial wastewater act as an anthropogenic resource?
• 8. Applied mineralogy for recovery from the accident of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
• 9. Phosphates as safe containers for radionuclides
• 10. Immobilization of high-level waste calcine (radwaste) in perovskites
• 11. Titanate ceramics for high-level nuclear waste immobilization
• Part III: Biomineralization, biomimetics, and medical mineralogy
• 12. Patterns of mineral organization in carbonate biological hard materials
• 13. Sea urchin spines as role models for biological design and integrative structures
• 14. Nacre: a biomineral, a natural biomaterial, and a source of bio-inspiration
• 15. Hydroxylapatite coatings: applied mineralogy research in the bioceramics field
• 16. A procedure to apply spectroscopic techniques in the investigation of silica-bearing industrial materials
• About the authors
• Index