Manufacturing and materials science applications

A range of emulsions, foams, suspensions and aerosols can be found in the manufacturing/value-added process industries. Some examples are given in Table 12.1. Examples for related areas can be found in Tables 9.1 (environment), 10.1 (minerals) and 11.1 (petroleum). 

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The inherent ability of block copolymers to self-assemble into various well-ordered supramolecular structures makes them attractive for numerous technological applications. For instance, thin films self-assembled from block copolymers have been used as building blocks in nanotechnology and materials science [89-91 ]. Block copolymers have been employed directly without further manipulation as nanomaterials [92], or used as self-organized templates for the creation of nanos-tructured materials [92, 93]. Block copolymer blends demonstrated their applicability as patterning templates for the fabrication of well-ordered arrays [94], as well as for nanoscale manufacturing of more complex patterns [95]. The use of amphiphilic block copolymers for templating applications has been reviewed by FOrster [96]. 

The Industrial Revolution would introduce into the field of ceramics radical and ceaseless changes during the entire 20 centuiy, in the modes of preparation, manufacture, decorations, coloring and firing and especially with the use of the electric power, advances in chemistiy and material sciences. New applications that take advantage of the resistance of the material to thermal shocks (insulators, heat shields, etc.) as well as the inalterability and harmlessness of bioceramics would be implemented. 

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