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In the 'life' of technical objects and infrastructures repair and maintenance are central practices, both economically and culturally. This book foregrounds these activities, rarely examined until now, and looks into the forms of knowledge of different cultures of repair. In the process, the expertise and political ambitions of human actors receive as much consideration as the internal dynamics of the objects themselves. The articles focus on practices such as watch or computer repair, as well as on spaces such as the home, the hospital, the Repair Cafe, and the city of the 'Global South'. In addition, the book also investigates the extent to which repair and repair-friendly design can contribute to more sustainability.

Culture --- Media --- Sustainability --- Repair --- Product Durability --- Technology --- Economy --- Cultural Theory --- Sociology of Technology --- Consumption --- Civil Society --- Cultural Studies --- Kultur --- Medien --- Nachhaltigkeit --- Reparatur --- Produktlebensdauer --- Technik --- Wirtschaft --- Kulturtheorie --- Techniksoziologie --- Konsum --- Zivilgesellschaft --- Kulturwissenschaft

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Flexible Electronics platforms are increasingly used in the fields of sensors, displays, and energy conversion with the ultimate goal of facilitating their ubiquitous integration in our daily lives. Some of the key advantages associated with flexible electronic platforms are: bendability, lightweight, elastic, conformally shaped, nonbreakable, roll-to-roll manufacturable, and large-area. To realize their full potential, however, it is necessary to develop new methods for the fabrication of multifunctional flexible electronics at a reduced cost and with an increased resistance to mechanical fatigue. Accordingly, this Special Issue seeks to showcase short communications, research papers, and review articles that focus on novel methodological development for the fabrication, and integration of flexible electronics in healthcare, environmental monitoring, displays and human-machine interactivity, robotics, communication and wireless networks, and energy conversion, management, and storage.

epidermal electronics --- wearable heater --- temperature sensor --- feedback control --- droplet circuits --- liquid metal --- quantum tunneling effect --- solution electronics --- electron transport --- ionic conduction --- quantum computing --- brain-like intelligence --- flexible organic electronics --- artificial synapses --- neuromorphic computing --- long-term plasticity --- flexible electronics --- nano-fabrication --- top-down approaches --- bottom-up approaches --- variable optical attenuator (VOA) --- surface plasmon-polariton (SPP) --- microwave photonics --- stretchability --- electronic measurements --- stretchable circuits --- design metrics --- reliability --- island-bridge --- conformal design --- non-developable surface --- stretchable electronics --- epidermal sensors --- stretchable electronics --- wireless power --- hydrophobic paper --- wearable stimulators --- paper electronics --- low-cost manufacture --- stretchable electronics --- tunnel encapsulation --- Polyvinyl Alcohol --- durability --- bio-integrated devices --- tissue adhesives --- tunable adhesion --- dry/wet conditions --- soft biological tissue --- n/a

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Superhydrophobic surfaces, with a water contact angle >150°, have attracted both academic and industrial interest due to their wide range of applications, such as water proofing, anti-fogging, antifouling, anti-icing, fluidic drag reduction and anti-corrosion. Currently the majority of superhydrophobic coatings are created using organic chemicals with low surface energy. However, the lack of mechanical strength and heat resistance prevents the use of these coatings in harsh environments. Quality superhydrophobic coatings developed using inorganic materials are therefore highly sought after. Ceramics are of particular interest due to their high mechanical strength, heat and corrosion resistance. Such superhydrophobic coatings have recently been successfully fabricated using a variety of ceramics and different approaches, and have shown the improved wear and tribocorrosion resistance properties. This Special Issue focuses on the recent developments in the fabrication of superhydrophobic coatings and their robustness against corrosion and wear resistance, but the original work on other properties of superhydrophobic coatings are also welcome. In particular, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Robust superhydrophobic coatings; Coatings with super-wettability in multifunctional applications; Wetting effects on corrosion and tribology; Hierarchical Coating for wetting and modelling.

superhydrophobic surface --- aluminum alloy --- corrosion resistance --- self-cleaning --- water-lubricated bearing --- surface topography --- dynamic characteristics --- empirical formula of friction coefficient --- lubrication performance --- superhydrophobic materials --- rough morphology --- parabolic morphology --- truncated cone morphology --- oil-water separation --- electroless composite coating --- Al2O3-coated particles --- MoS2 particles --- wear resistance --- surfactant --- Ni–Co --- WS2 --- hydrophobicity --- low friction --- nanocomposite --- electrochemical deposition --- Co–Ni coating --- super-hydrophobic surface --- mechanical durability --- corrosion protection --- water-repellent surfaces --- ferrofluid drop --- magnetic field --- damped harmonic oscillation --- carbon steel --- chemical etching --- superhydrophobic --- chemical stability --- corrosion resistance --- super-hydrophobic coating --- corrosion protection --- electrochemical surface engineering --- anodization --- micro-arc oxidation --- etching --- electrodeposition --- stability --- HVOF --- suspension --- TiO2 --- thermal spray --- friction and wear behaviour --- n/a

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This Special Issue presents the latest advances in the field of Textile-Reinforced Cement Composites, including Textile-Reinforced Concrete (TRC), Textile-Reinforced Mortar (TRM), Fabric-Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM), etc. These composite materials distinguish themselves from other fibre-reinforced concrete materials by their strain-hardening behaviour under tensile loading. This Special Issue is composed of 14 papers covering new insights in structural and material engineering. The papers include investigations on the level of the fibre reinforcement system as well as on the level of the composites, investigating their impact and fatigue behaviour, durability and fire behaviour. Both the strengthening of existing structures and the development of new structural systems such as lightweight sandwich systems are presented, and analysis and design methods are discussed. This Special Issue demonstrates the broadness and intensity of the ongoing advancements in the field of Textile-Reinforced Cement composites and the importance of several future research directions.

textile reinforced concrete --- cathodic corrosion protection --- durability --- bending tests --- fire --- high temperature --- textile coating --- textile reinforced cementitious composites (TRC) --- finite element model --- real scale bending experiments --- shear --- structural insulating sandwich panel --- textile reinforced cementitious composites (TRC), sandwich elements --- fatigue --- uniaxial tensile tests --- four-point bending tests --- digital image correlation (DIC) --- textile reinforced concrete (TRC) --- strengthening --- bending --- model --- design --- practical application --- shear --- textile-reinforced concrete --- carbon concrete composite --- design provisions --- size effect --- shear span --- textile reinforced concrete --- TRC --- fabric reinforced cementitious mortar --- FRCM --- glass fabric --- high performance concrete --- retrofitting --- ACK model --- stochastic cracking model --- alkaline environment --- carbon-reinforced concrete --- creep --- durability --- moisture --- tensile strength --- textile reinforced concrete --- textile reinforced concrete --- carbon reinforced concrete --- TRC --- CRC --- bond --- fatigue --- carbon textile --- epoxy impregnation --- test setup --- textile reinforced mortar --- bond --- masonry --- normal weight/lightweight aggregates --- elevated temperatures --- fiber-reinforced concrete --- crack spacing --- fiber --- micro-fiber --- tensile strength --- toughness --- textile-reinforced concrete --- thin-walled shells --- cementitious composites --- layered finite elements --- mixture rules --- model calibration --- reactive powder concrete (RPC) --- textile reinforced concrete (TRC) --- foam concrete (FC) --- sandwich elements --- wind loading --- finite element analysis (FEA) --- strain-hardening cement-based composites --- textile reinforcement --- short-fiber reinforcement --- hybrid reinforcement --- tension --- impact loading --- single-yarn pullout --- cement composites --- fibre --- textile --- textile-reinforced concrete --- textile-reinforced mortar

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Catalyst lifetime represents one of the most crucial economic aspects in industrial catalytic processes, due to costly shutdowns, catalyst replacements, and proper disposal of spent materials. Not surprisingly, there is considerable motivation to understand and treat catalyst deactivation, poisoning, and regeneration, which causes this research topic to continue to grow. The complexity of catalyst poisoning obviously increases along with the increasing use of biomass/waste-derived/residual feedstocks and with requirements for cleaner and novel sustainable processes. This book collects 15 research papers providing insights into several scientific and technical aspects of catalyst poisoning and deactivation, proposing more tolerant catalyst formulations, and exploring possible regeneration strategies.

hydrogenation --- copper --- catalyst --- water --- deactivation --- octanal --- octanol --- V2O5–WO3/TiO2 catalysts --- poisoning --- sulfur-containing sodium salts --- SO3 --- NO removal --- Cu/SSZ-13 --- NH3-SCR --- sodium ions --- deactivation mechanism --- sulfur poisoning --- coke deposition --- in situ regeneration --- Co-Zn/H-Beta --- NOx reduction by C3H8 --- catalyst deactivation --- diesel --- natural gas --- SEM --- TEM --- poisoning --- oxygen storage capacity --- thermal stability --- cyclic operation --- deactivation --- oxysulfate --- oxysulfide --- Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) --- SO2 poisoning --- Low-temperature catalyst --- nitrogen oxides --- nitrous oxide --- dry reforming of methane --- nickel catalysts --- barium carbonate --- deactivation by coking --- catalytic methane combustion --- exhaust gas --- catalyst durability --- Liquefied natural gas --- biogas --- vehicle emission control --- sulfur deactivation --- catalyst deactivation --- aluminum sulfate --- palladium sulfate --- regeneration --- phthalic anhydride --- vanadia-titania catalyst --- unusual deactivation --- physico-chemical characterization --- over-reduction --- vanadia species --- coke deposition --- DeNOx --- MW incinerator --- deactivation --- ammonium sulfates --- regeneration --- washing --- CO2 reforming --- Ni-catalyst --- syngas --- tetragonal zirconia --- phase stabilization --- CPO reactor --- effect of flow rate --- deactivation --- iso-octane --- Rh catalysts --- Rh --- homogeneous catalysis --- catalyst deactivation --- n/a