Tabla de Contenidos: “…Aluminium factsheet -- Copper factsheet -- Iron and steel factsheet -- Sustainable resource use and resource productivity -- Paper factsheet -- The material basis of the global economy -- Phosphorus factsheet -- The material basis of OECD economies -- Reader's guide -- Natural resources: The material basis of the economy -- An evolving economic context and new environmental challenges -- Foreword -- Executive summary -- Preface -- Rare earth elements factsheet -- Glossary…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Emergent colloidal currents generated via exchange dynamics in a broken dimer state -- Magnetic nano- and microactuators for fluid control -- Emergent Colloidal Currents Generated via Exchange Dynamics in a Broken Dimer State -- Orientation Behavior of Anisometric Magnetic Nanoparticles in Dynamic Magnetic Fields -- Imaging locally driven flows -- Molecular approach of paramagnetic liquids and interfaces -- Development of numerical methods for simulation of intricate interface patterns of magnetic soft materials -- Miniaturisation: towards 1 μm frictionless microfluidic channels -- Elucidating flow profiles in magnetically stabilized liquid tubes -- Spin-dependent charge transfer at Electrodes -- Magnetic separation of rare-earth ions…”

“…Nonlinearity, including the nonlinear conversion, up frequency conversion and chirped pulse oscillators are discussed. Some new rare-earth-doped lasers, including double borate and halide crystals, and feedback in quantum dot semiconductor nanostructures are included…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Developments in the use of rare earth metal complexes as efficient catalysts for ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters used in biomedical applications / 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Characterization of Casting Properties of Rare-Earth Modified A356 -- 5. Selection of Optimal Material from Stir Cast Aluminum Graphene Nano Platelets Composites for Aerospace Applications -- 6. …”

“…This thesis reports the results of studies conducted at LAboratory for Molecular Magnetism (LA.M.M.) of the University of Firenze concerning the synthesis and characterization of rare-earth free nanostructured materials for permanent magnet applications. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Multi-scalar contestation of water in the Indus Basin / chapter 7 Protecting our global ocean heritage: unprecedented threats will require bold interventions / part PART III Building resilience through resource cooperation -- chapter 8 Food sovereignty and the politics of food scarcity / chapter 9 Rare earth diplomacy: mitigating conflict over technology minerals / chapter 10 Going with the flow: can river health be a focus for foreign policy? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Editors; Contributors; Chapter 1 - Concept of Modes in Optical Waveguides; Chapter 2 - Modes in Optical Fibres; Chapter 3 - Dispersion in Optical Fibres; Chapter 4 - Evolution of Specialty Optical Fibres; Chapter 5 - Materials and Fabrication Technology of Rare-Earth-Doped Optical Fibres; Chapter 6 - Optical Fibre Amplifiers; Chapter 7 - Erbium-Doped Fibre Lasers; Chapter 8 - Semiconductor Light Sources and Detectors; Chapter 9 - Silicon-Based Detectors and Sources for Optoelectronic Devices…”

“…This book attempts to compile, unify, and present a recent development for the production techniques, such as electrochemical, foaming, and microwave sintering, of rare earth ceramic oxide materials. This book presents leading-edge research in this field from around the world. …”

“…To perspective contemporary researches of inorganic chemistry widely, the kinds of metal elements (typical and transition metals including rare earth; p, d, f-blocks) and compounds (molecular coordination compounds, ionic solid materials, or natural metalloenzyme) or simple substance (bulk, clusters, or alloys) to be focused are not limited. …”

“…Topics covered in this publication include Spark plasma sintering, Magnetic Pulsed compaction, Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic technology for the preparation of 3-dimesinal circuits, Microwave sintering of thermistor ceramics, Synthesis of Bio-compatible ceramics, Sintering of Rare Earth Doped Bismuth Titanate Ceramics prepared by Soft Combustion, nanostructured ceramics, alternative solid-state reaction routes yielding densified bulk ceramics and nanopowders, Sintering of intermetallic superconductors such as MgB2, impurity doping in luminescence phosphors synthesized using soft techniques, etc. …”

“…Other studies include investigations on polymer-modified bitumen, a novel sound-absorbing material made from used palm-oil-based polyurethane foam and water hyacinth fibre composite, bio-based epoxy-lignin coatings, TiO2 nanocomposites, the photocatalytic activity of different polymeric composites, sustainable elastomers, interactions between vanillyl-alcohol-based epoxy and cross-linkers, polyvinyl chloride sorbent for rare earth elements, lignin-based thermoplastic, the chemical foaming process of polylactic acid, microencapsulation strategies for essential oils, electrochemical sensors for glucose determination, and an intelligent drug delivery system based on pH-sensitive polymeric formulations. …”

“…In addition, phosphate ores are known to contain other critical raw materials (CRM) such as rare earth elements and uranium. The recovery of these vital elements from phosphate waste may help to develop the needs of the green energy of the future and contribute to the achievement of the sustainable development goals. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Life cycle assessment: meta-analysis of cumulative energy demand for wind energy technologies / Environmental and structural safety issues related to wind energy / Wind turbines and landscape / Global rare earth supply, life cycle assessment, and wind energy / Financial modeling/wind economics. …”

“…The additional part of this book deals with the dynamics, rare-earth ions, photon down-/up-converting materials, luminescence dating, lifetime, bioluminescence microscopical perspectives and prospects towards the basic research or for more advanced applications. …”

“…Its chapters cover amplifiers based on rare earth doped fibres and waveguides, stimulated Raman scattering, nonlinear parametric processes and semiconductor media. …”

“…Furthermore, it considers eco-systemic processes comprising computation, rare-earth minerals, electrical currents and data centres and cables as novel forms of curatorial actions. …”

“…Minerals in coal, in some cases, are major carriers of valuable metals, such as Ga, Al, and rare earth elements, and these coals with highly-evaluated valuable metals have the potential to be raw sources for industry use. …”

“…Each chapter brings us a new facet relating to the magnesium alloy application: magnesium alloys quasicrystals used to magnesium alloys reinforcement; rare earth metals as alloying components in magnesium implants for orthopaedic applications; magnesium alloys surface treatment by applying physical vapor deposition processes; casting magnesium alloys subjected to laser treatment; ductility enhancement on special magnesium alloys; welding and joining processing of magnesium alloys; transport application of magnesium and its alloys…”