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Advanced Materials Series
The Advanced Materials Series provides recent advancements of the fascinating field of advanced materials science and technology, particularly in the area of structure, synthesis and processing, characterization, advanced-state properties, and applications. The volumes will cover theoretical and experimental approaches of molecular device materials, biomimetic materials, hybrid-type composite materials, functionalized polymers, supramolecular systems, information- and energy-transfer materials, biobased and biodegradable or environmental friendly materials. Each volume will be devoted to one broad subject and the multi-disciplinary aspects will be drawn out in full.
Series Editor: Dr. Ashutosh Tiwari
Biosensors and Bioelectronics Centre
Linköping University
SE-581 83 Linköping
Sweden
E-mail: ashutosh.tiwari@liu.se
Publishers at Scrivener
Martin Scrivener(martin@scrivenerpublishing.com)
Phillip Carmical (pcarmical@scrivenerpublishing.com)
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
ISBN 978-1-118-99835-9
Dedicated to
my respected mother BELA,
father (Late) Ram Nath,
Godfather (Late) Lakhan Lal,
father-in-law (Late) Kishori Lal,
brother-in-law and sister: Jawahar and Savitri,
nephew (Late) Jayant (Babul)
and
all forefathers and foremothers
whose
blessings have always been a boon in my life