Surface Modification and Functionalization of Ceramic Composites (Elsevier Series in Advanced Ceramic Materials)

Surface Modification and Functionalization of Ceramic Composites is intended for both experts and beginners, allowing them to have an extended overview of recent progress in the evolution of surface modification methods and functionalization for ceramic composites. The book provides a detailed summary of the various techniques that are currently available, along with an evaluation of the costs involved. Information on the relationship between surface properties and function is also discussed. There is also an additional section on commercial and industrial applications, including biomedical, sensing and energy.

The book will be a valuable reference resource for researchers and an instructive and stimulating text for postgraduate students who want to enhance their knowledge on novel materials and surface modification and functionalization of ceramic composites.

• Extensively covers surface modification and functionalization of ceramic composites
• A detailed review of the various techniques currently available and an evaluation of costs
• Covers recent advances and a broad range of different industrial applications

Rajan Jose is Chair Professor of Energy and Battery Technology at Ming Chi University of Technology, Taiwan, and Senior Professor at Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA), Malaysia. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Springer Nature journal Materials Circular Economy. He previously served as Dean of Research (Technology) at UMPSA and was also a member of the University's Senate and Graduate Council.

He earned his PhD from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Trivandrum, India, where his doctoral research focused on nanostructured perovskite ceramics for microwave and superconducting electronics. His research has contributed to the science and engineering of a wide range of materials, including inorganic and organic semiconductors, polymers, metals and alloys, molecular electronic materials, biomaterials, glasses, and glass ceramics.

Prior to joining UMPSA, he held research and scientific positions at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (India), AIST (Japan), Toyota Technological Institute (Japan), and the National University of Singapore (Singapore). His scholarly work spans renewable energy technologies, battery materials, sustainable materials, circular economy, data science, and artificial intelligence. He has authored numerous scientific publications, holds multiple patents, and has supervised researchers at postgraduate and postdoctoral levels. His research contributions have received international recognition within the materials science community.

His current research interests include renewable energy devices, sustainable materials, circular economy, data science, and artificial intelligence.

Fabian Ezema is a Professor at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and a visiting professor to NRS-EMT (MATECSS UNESCO Chair) in Varennes, Quebec, Canada and iThemba Labs South Africa. He is also a Fellow of UNESCO-UNISA South Africa Chair in Nanosciences and Nanotechnology (U2ACN2). His research interests are in several areas of materials science including synthesis and characterization of particles and thin film materials through chemical routes with emphasis on energy applications.