RSC Books Blog

From photonic nanomaterials and bioinspired materials to art conservation and self-assembly in water droplets, read the latest new titles on materials and nanoscience from RSC Books. 

New books in the RSC Smart Materials Series:

Responsive Photonic Nanostructures edited by Yadong Yin, University of California, Riverside, USA

A comprehensive summary for postgraduates and researchers in academia and industry interested in the smart materials and their potential applications.

Materials Design Inspired by Nature edited by Peter Fratzl , John Dunlop and Richard Weinkamer, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany

The first book to address the relationship between inner architecture and properties of natural materials, essential reading for anyone in materials research.

The newest titles in the RSC Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Series:

Nanoscience for the Conservation of Works of Art edited by Piero Baglioni and David Chelazzi, University of Florence, Italy

Professional conservators and scientists alike will find this essential reading, as will postgraduate students in the fields of materials and colloid science, art restoration and nanoscience.

Polymer Nanofibers by Dario Pisignano, University of Salento, Italy

A comprehensive overview of the latest developments in the field from materials to applications.

Don’t forget you can freely access the table of contents, preface, front matter and first chapter of every eBook via the RSC Publishing website.

New to nanotechnology? Want to understand more about self-assembly?

Water Droplets to Nanotechnology by Plinio Innocenzi, Luca Malfatti, University of Sassari, Italy and Paolo Falcaro, CSIRO, Australia, uses everyday examples to give a simple and general overview of the different self-assembly processes in nanotechnology suitable for non-specialists.

Look out for these new forthcoming titles:

Artificial Cilia edited by Jaap den Toonder and Patrick Onck
Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives edited by Romana Santos, Nick Aldred, Stanislav Gorb and Patrick Flammang

Got an idea for a new book? Contact the Materials Books Commissioning Editor, Leanne Marle for more information about publishing books with the RSC.

NMR spectroscopy is a remarkable and invaluable tool with diverse applications from within food science to pharmaceutical research. With over 17,000 articles concerning NMR published per year, keeping up to date with the latest developments and applications of this technique can prove time-consuming. Now in its 42nd volume, the Specialist Periodical Report on NMR provides a digest of the current literature, compiled by experts in the field.

Further adding to the literature in this field, the second book in the RSC New Developments in NMR has just been published.

Starting with a Preface by the Nobel Prize winner Richard R Ernst, ETH Zurich he says ‘New Applications of NMR in Drug Discovery and Development represents an important addition to the bookshelf of anybody seriously interested in drug discovery and development.  It will remain a reliable source of information in this important field for many years to come.’

This volume demonstrates the enormous breadth of MRI applications in biomedicine which becomes even more impressive when you realise that biomedicine is only one of the fields benefitting from the application of magnetic resonance spectroscopy.  Other recently published books from the RSC in this area include  NMR Spectroscopy in Food Analysis authored by Apostolos Spyros and Photis Dais from the University of Crete  and Recent Developments in Biomolecular NMR edited by Marius Clore, NIH, Maryland, USA and Jennifer Potts, University of York, UK.

The RSC will be attending the SCIX meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconson from 29 September to 4 October so look out for us there and take a look at our comprehensive selection of titles that will keep you up to date with the latest developments in this exciting field!