Advanced Materials Innovation (eBook)

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.).

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