Moskowitz Advanced Materials Innovation

Managing Global Technology in the 21st century
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-118-98608-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 496 Seiten, E-Book

Through detailed case studies of the most important advanced material creations of the latter 20th and early 21st century, the author explores the role of the field of advanced materials in the technological and economic activity today, with implications to the innovation process in general.
* A comprehensive study that encompasses the three major categories of advanced material technologies, i.e., Structural Materials (metals and polymers), Functional Materials (transistor, microchip and semiconductor laser) and Hybrid and New Forms of Matter (liquid crystals and nanomaterials).
* Extensive use of primary sources, including unpublished interviews with the scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs on the front lines of advanced materials creation
* Original approach to case study narrative, emphasizing interaction between the advanced material process, perceived risk and directing and accelerating breakthrough technology

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moskowitz, Sanford L.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I: Introduction and background
Chapter 1: Advanced materials innovation: an overview
Part II: Structural materials: metals and polymers
Chapter 2: Advanced casting technology: ultra-thin steel and the microalloys
Chapter 3: High-pressure technology and dupont's synthetic fibers revolution
Chapter 4: Low-temperature (interfacial) polymerization: dupont's specialty fibers vs. General electric's polycarbonate revolution
Chapter 5: Fluidization I: from advanced fuels to the polysilicones
Chapter 6: Fluidization II- the polyethylenes, the unipol process, and the metallocene polymers
Part III: Functional materials: semiconductors
Chapter 7: The metal-on-silicon (mos) process: the rise of the integrated circuit
Chapter 8: The silicon gate process: the memory chip and the microprocessor
Chapter 9: The epitaxial process I: Bell labs and the semiconductor laser
Chapter 10: The epitaxial process II: Ibm and the silicon-germanium chip
Part IV: Hybrid materials and new forms of matter: liquid crystals and nanomaterials
Chapter 11: Product-oriented materials i: liquid crystals and small lc displays - the electronic calculator and the digital watch
Chapter 12: Product-oriented materials ii: liquid crystals, thin-film transistors and large lc displays - flat screen televisions and personal computers
Chapter 13: Nanomaterials: the promise and the challenge
Part V: Conclusion
Chapter 14: Conclusion
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Sanford L. Moskowitz is Associate Professor of Global Business at St. John's University and the College of St. Benedict (Collegeville, MN). Dr. Moskowitz specializes in the evolution of advanced global technologies and their markets. He is a consultant to global business in the area of innovation and technological development and has delivered key-note presentations on advanced materials and related technologies at academic and professional conferences within the US and internationally. His views on the future of advanced material development have appeared in such publications as The Economist and Wired Magazine. Dr. Moskowitz is the author of The Advanced Materials Revolution: Technology and Economic Growth in the Age of Globalization (2009, John Wiley & Sons). Dr. Moskowitz holds a B.S. in physics from the City College of New York (CCNY) and an M.S., M. Phil. and Ph.D. in economic and business history from Columbia University (New York, N.Y.).