Recent Advances in Materials: Select Proceedings of ICSTE 2023 (Springer Proceedings in Materials, 25)

This book presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Science, Technology and Engineering (ICSTE 2023) related to materials science. It covers new developments in processing and fabrication technologies of different materials such as electronic materials, energy materials, biomaterials, and composite materials. It also covers innovation in manufacturing processes that reduce waste, enhance component performance and biodegradation, and ensure environmental sustainability. The book is useful for researchers and professionals who are interested in materials science.

Dr. Bibhu Prasad Swain is currently an associate professor at the Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology Manipur. He obtained B.Sc. (Physics) from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, M.Sc. (Physics) from the National Institute of Technology Rourkela, M.Tech. (Materials Science) from Barkatullah University, and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. His areas of interests include large bandgap semiconductors, mechanical hard materials, nanostructured materials, graphene-based supercapacitor, photovoltaic materials, biocompatible coating, and modeling of advanced MOSFET. He has published 150 papers in respected international journals. Dr. Swain received the Brain Korea 21 Fellow and Japanese Society of the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellow from Materials Research, Seoul National University and Govt. of Japan in the years 2007 and 2008. Currently, he is an editorial board member of the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology―Asia and guest editor in “Materials” journals in MDPI publications.