New book

Abstract:

The book examines the granulometric characterisation of nanostructured materials and nanomaterials, which are dispersed in liquid media. Such materials typically consist of particle aggregates and agglomerates, the size of which depends essentially on the previous steps of processing and the application-specific mechanical treatment. Moreover, according products frequently contain several disperse phases, which can interact with each other in different ways. An adequate characterisation of such systems relies on a profound understanding of dispersing mechanisms, interfacial phenomena and related particle interactions as well as the technical options for granulometric analyses. The book presents new research results on the aforementioned issues and elaborates guidelines for the characterisation of nanoparticle systems. Its focus lies on the preparative steps and the interpretation of results. By applying the guidelines to diverse analytical tasks, the author demonstrates impressively their potential benefit for material characterisation.

Bibliographic details:

R. R. Retamal Marín, Characterization of Nanomaterials in Liquid Disperse Systems. In Series: Particle Technology Series, vol. 28; Springer, Cham, 2022; Hardcover ISBN978-3-030-99880-6; eBook ISBN978-3-030-99881-3
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99881-3

Zum Autor:

Dr. Retamal Marín studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Talca (Chile), where he obtained his degree in 2011. From 2012 to 2020 he worked as scientific assisstant at the Research Group of Mechanical Process Engineering at the Technische Universität Dresden. In this period, he conducted research on several topics of particle technology, i.a. on dispersing and stabilizing of nanoparticle suspensions, the characterization of multi-component materials containing nanostructured materials in complex matrices, the electrokinetic characterization of colloidal systems and the implementation of particle measurement techniques for process analysis. In 2021, he obtained a Ph.D. degree on the field of particle technology at the Technische Universität Dresden (Germany).