Obtaining and Characterization of New Materials Volume IV

<p>The fourth volume of this Special Issue like the first three covers a wide range of topics such as obtaining and characterizing new materials from the nano- to macro-scale involving new alloys ceramics composites biomaterials and polymers as well as procedures and technologies for enhancing their structure properties and functions. In order to be able to select the future use of these new materials we first must understand their structure to understand their characteristics involving modern techniques such as microscopy (SEM TEM AFM STM etc.) spectroscopy (EDX XRD XRF FTIR XPS etc.) mechanical tests (tensile hardness elastic modulus toughness etc.) and their behavior (corrosion thermal-DSC STA DMA magnetic properties biocompatibility-in vitro and in vivo) among many others.</p>