A unique perspective of twentieth century research and development in materials science. It summarizes the fifteen years of sol-gel silica processing research leading to the commercial development of bioactive gel-glasses for medical applications. It demonstrates the combined use of quantum mechanical molecular modeling and spectroscopy to solve environmental stability problems. A final chapter addresses the topic of Technology Transfer - how to transfer technology from the laboratory to a profitable commercial enterprise using examples from various chapters in the book.
- ISBN10 0815519087
- ISBN13 9780815519089
- Publish Date December 1988
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher William Andrew Publishing
- Imprint Noyes Publications
- Format eBook
- Pages 179
- Language English