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Collagen: Structure and Mechanics provides a cohesive introduction to this biological macromolecule and its many applications in biomaterials and tissue engineering. Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the fields of materials, (bio-)engineering, physics, chemistry and biology will gain an understanding of the structure and mechanical behavior of type I collagen and collagen-based tissues in vertebrates, across all length scales from the molecular (nano) to the organ (macro) level. Written in a clear and didactic manner, this volume includes current knowledge on the hierarchical structure, mechanical properties, in addition to a review of deformation and strengthening mechanisms. Collagen: Structure and Mechanics is an excellent reference for new researchers entering this area and serves as a basis for lecturing in the interdisciplinary field of biological materials science.

Co-published with Oxford University Press. This highly technical and thought-provoking book stresses the development of mathematical foundations for the application of the electromagnetic model to problems of research and technology. Features include in-depth coverage of linear spaces, Green's functions, spectral expansions, electromagnetic source representations, and electromagnetic boundary value problems. This book will be of interest graduate-level students in engineering, electromagnetics, physics, and applied mathematics as well as to research engineers, physicists, and scientists.

Covering latest developments and applications of advanced infrared and Raman spectroscopic techniques to polymer chemistry and biochemistry, this book describes the application of static and dynamic FT-IR spectroscopies to liquid crystalline polyurethanes, the measurement of stress and strain in single- and multi-fiber components, the Langmuir-Blodgett technique in the study and preparation of high-quality ultrathin materials, and two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy. The second half of the book focuses on applications of vibrational spectroscopy to biological materials, with detailed experimental guidance for spectroscopists who wish to study biopolymers with the most technologically advanced methods of attenuated total reflectance, IR microscopic imaging, vibrational circular dichroism, and step-scan time-resolved spectroscopy.