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Through its on-line book review program, JOM publishes reviews of recently released books in the broad field of materials science and engineering.

KEY REVIEW GUIDELINES

No one will be given more than one review book at a time. After a publication-quality review is submitted and accepted, the reviewer then becomes eligible to select a new book to review.
To keep the book, the reviewer must submit a publication-quality review within 90 days of receiving the book.
If the reviewer is unable to review the book within the 90-day time frame, he or she must return the publication to the JOM editorial office so that someone else may have an opportunity to review it. A reviewer who fails to either review or return the book may be invoiced for the full price of the publication.
Even if a review is of publication quality, the editor reserves the right to decide when, how, and even if the review will be used.

The majority of these books are reviewed by volunteers who are knowledgeable in the areas covered by the volume and who can offer critical analysis of the contents.

Books are provided by JOM to the reviewers at no charge, and the reviewer is welcome to keep the title as long as he or she provides a publication-quality review.

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The review must consist of a critique that analyzes the timeliness, merit, structure, content, and overall value of the volume. A review does not mean reiterating the table of contents or writing a summary. As an additional challenge, the review should be between 500 and 750 words in length.

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Clay Swelling and Colloid Stability: Martin Smalley, author. CRC Press/Taylor and Francis (2006), 272 pages.

From the publisher: In a rare, over-the-shoulder perspective of a leading scientist's own breakthroughs, Clay Swelling and Colloid Stability puts emphasis on two significant paradigm shifts in colloid science that explain particle interactions for charged plates, stacks, suspensions, and pastes as well as spherical colloids.

Martin Smalley first discusses the replacement of the DLVO theory with the Coulombic Attraction Theory to explain the existence, extent, and properties of the two-phase region of colloid stability. Using the n-butylammonium vermiculite system as his model clay system, the author clarifies the flaws of conventional theories and presents the experimental details that form the basis of his new theories. He provides rigorous derivations that place the new electrical theory for charged colloids on a firm foundation in statistical mechanics. The author illustrates why a new, quantitative bridging flocculation model for polymer-stabilized colloids must replace the depletion flocculation model. Smalley also examines the discovery of the "dressed macroion" structure of clay plates in solution, the structure of a bridging polymer, and the distribution of polymer segments, counterions, and water molecules in the interlayer region.

Based on the author's own research and 36 publications in the field, Clay Swelling and Colloid Stability is a self-contained and intellectually satisfying account of the revolutionary process leading to a universally sound, and increasingly applicable, theory of colloid stability.

Developments in Pressure-Sensitive Products: Istvan Benedek, editor. CRC Press (2006), 630 pages.

This book provides a detailed overview of the entire range of pressure-sensitive products, both with and without adhesives. It explores the principles behind their design and manufacture along with a variety of applications in medicine, electronics, packaging, and protection. The book establishes the link between underlying theory and practical applications, exploring the physical, molecular, and chemical bases of PSPs while describing the manufacturing processes, end uses, and economic issues involved. This edition includes three new chapters: the first of these explains the new theory of pressure sensitivity considered as a process, illustrating the principles of polymer science governing PSP technology; the second discusses the crosslinking of acrylics, the most important domain in specialized products; and the third presents the latest developments in products based on plastomers, such as hydrogels. Additional coverage includes biological applications of PSPs, engineering problems of coating equipment, web finishing for plastic films, and confectioning.

Explo 2007 Blasting: Techniques & Technology. AusIMM (2007), CD-ROM.

From the publisher: The global mining industry continues to expand on the back of strong commodity prices. New mines around the world, even those previously thought unfeasible, continue to be developed and brought into production in order to feed the ever increasing demand from developing nations. The rapid expansion of the industry has brought with it new challenges: the short supply of consumables, equipment and human capital. The result has been escalating production costs and a lack of knowledge transfer. This is all occurring in a climate of increased terrorist activity and continued political instability in many parts of the world. Blasting and explosives professionals will play a critical role in ensuring costs are kept under control, knowledge is transferred to the next generation and safety both on and offsite remains a top priority.

The papers contained in this volume discuss economic and environmental aspects of blasting, advanced modelling, changing regulations, permitted explosives in the 21st century, safety initiatives and the state of play of the industry’s research directions.

Explosive Compaction of Powders and Composites: R.A. Pruemmer, T. Balakrishna Bhat, K. Siva Kumar, and K. Hokamoto, authors. Science Publishers (2006), 194 pages.

From the publisher: This monograph discusses in detail the compacting conditions and the resultant structure and properties of metals, composites, and ceramics. It covers the basic aspects of science and technology of explosive compaction. It comprises chapters on shock waves in matter, technology of explosive compaction, explosive compaction of metallic powders, explosive compaction of composites, explosive compaction of ceramic and super-hard materials, industrial applications, and directions for future research including shock synthesis of new materials. The coverage is extensive and the style is simple. A number of figures and micrographs enrich the presentation further. This monograph is well structured to be a textbook to students of engineering in colleges and universities and to engineers interested in using this technology.

Frontiers in Transition Metal-Containing Polymers: Alaa S. Abd-El-Aziz and Ian Manners, editors. John Wiley and Sons (2007), 534 pages.

Because of their favorable material properties and ease of fabrication, as well as their promising electrical, magnetic, optical, biological, and catalytic properties, transition metal-containing polymers have found a tremendous range of applications in the world around us. Written by the field's leading researchers, this book will provide a comprehensive review of the synthesis, properties, and applications of transition metal-containing polymers, offering both a historical background and the most recent developments in the area.

	Learning from Failure: Long-term Behaviour of Heavy Masonry Structures. AusIMM (2007) CD-ROM.
	From the Publisher: The book has the scope of helping architects and engineers to deal with the continuous damage of heavy structures, and to understand the signs of the phenomenon while proposing some modelling, but also to give guidelines for the on site investigation, monitoring and repairing of the damaged structures.

Macromolecules Containing Metal and Metal-Like Elements: Volume 8—Boron-Containing Polymers: A.S. Abd-El-Aziz, C.E. Carraher, Jr., C.U. Pittman, Jr., and M. Zeldin, editors. Wiley Interscience (2007), 206 pages.

From the Publisher: This series provides a useful, applications-oriented forum for the next generation of macromolecules and materials. Applications include non-linear optical materials, specialty magnetic materials, liquid crystals, anticancer and antiviral drugs, treatment of arthritis, antibacterial drugs, antifouling materials, treatment of certain vitamin deficiencies, electrical conductors and semiconductors, piezoelectronic materials, electrodes, UV absorption applications, super-strength materials, special lubricants and gaskets, selective catalytic and multi-site catalytic agents.

Micro- and Nanostructured Multiphase Polymer Blend Systems: Phase Morphology and Interfaces: Charef Harrats, Sabu Thomas, and Gabriel Groeninckx, editors. CRC Press (2006), 442 pages.

From the publisher: Micro- and Nanostructured Multiphase Polymer Blend Systems: Phase Morphology and Interfaces focuses on the formation of phase morphology in polymer blends and copolymers and considers various types of blends including thermosets, thermoplastics, thermoplastic vulcanizates, and structured copolymers. The book carefully debates the processing, rheology, and crystallization aspects of the phase morphology of polymer blends. The text surveys theory, characterization, processing, and experimental aspects of phase morphology development and design of polymer blends. It examines the adhesion of polymer-polymer interfaces in immiscible polymer blends and the different ways by which nanostructures may be generated in thermosetting polymers. The book analyzes the polymerization process and the dynamic vulcanization of multicomponent polymer blends and the crystallization behavior occurring in blends with a confined morphology. It also discusses the structure-rheology relationship in compatibilized blends, the effects of elasticity on the structure development, and the rheological response in concentrated blends.

Nanoplasmonics: From Fundamentals to Applications: Satoshi Kawata and Hiroshi Masuhara, editors. Elsevier (2006), 316 pages.

From the publisher: This second volume in the Handai Nanophotonics book series covers the area of Nanoplasmonics, a recent hot topic in the field of nanophotonics, impacting a diverse range of research disciplines from information technology and nanotechnology to the bio- and medical sciences. The interaction between photons and metal nanostructures leads to interesting and extraordinary scientific phenomena and produces new functions for nano materials and devices. Newly discovered physical phenomena include local mode of surface plasmon polariton excited in nanoparticles, hot spots on nano-rods and nano-cones, long-range mode of surface plasmons excited on thin metal films, and dispersion relationship bandgaps of surface plasmons in periodic metal structures. These have been applied to, for example, single molecule detection and nano-imaging/spectroscopy, photon accumulation for lasing applications, optical nano-waveguides and nano-circuits.

Orebody Modelling and Strategic Mine Planning – Second Edition. AusIMM (2007), CD-ROM

From the publisher: Orebody modelling and strategic mine planning are arguably the backbone of our industry and represent an intricate, complex and critically important part of mining ventures. They have a profound effect on the value of a mine, as well as determining the technical plan to be followed from mine development to mine closure. Topics covered include:

Why Strategic Risk Management?
New Practical Conditional Simulation Methods and Applications
Advances in Conventional Mining Optimisation and Applications
Integrated Large-Scale Applications
Geological Uncertainty and Mineral Resources/Ore Reserves
Geotechnical Risk and Mine Design
Case Studies and Blending Optimisation
New Concepts, Technologies and Directions

This second edition includes three additional papers highlighting new developments, including integrated mine evaluation and mine management under uncertainty; optimising ore extraction and in-pit dumping; and stochastic simulation of orebody geology or wireframes with multi-point spatial statistics.

Polyynes: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications: Franco Cataldo, editor. CRC Press (2006), 506 pages.

Polyynes: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications compiles information found scattered throughout the literature in inorganic, organic, and polymer chemistry into one cohesive volume. In addition to being a precursor of fullerenes, polyynes are one of the key precursors in the formation of soot and carbon dust, or elemental carbon in the galaxy, and their properties can be linked to interstellar band phenomena and other astrophysical behavior. More than 1,000 organic molecules produced by plants, fungi, and other microorganisms are also classified as polyynes, playing a biological role in nature that may be used in the treatment of diseases as antibiotics, anticancer, or anti-infective agents. This book covers breakthrough discoveries, particularly the simplified synthesis of polyynes in solution stabilized by using appropriate end groups and carbon films achieved using chemical, electrochemical, and other sophisticated techniques. The book explains in great detail the conditions, apparatus, and experimental procedures to synthesize polyynes with consistent and reproducible results.

Sixth Large Open Pit Mining Conference 2007. AusIMM (2007), CD-ROM.

From the publisher: The Sixth Large Open Pit Mining Conference took stock of the developments and challenges occurring in the mining industry at this time, given the levels of output and efficiency which were unthinkable only four years ago, driven by the demand for raw materials to underpin the industrialisation of the Chinese and Indian economies. These results have been achieved in an environment of record fuel prices and scarcity of skilled personnel. Capacity constraints in the areas of tyres, personnel, equipment deliveries and construction materials are challenging the industry to maintain standards of safety, productivity and cost-effectiveness. Nowhere is this more important than in the large open pit mines of the world with their reliance on economies of scale to deliver capital and operational efficiencies. The aim of the conference was to share experience on how large open pit mines are responding to these challenges.

	Vibrational Spectroscopy of Biological and Polymeric Materials: Vasilis G. Gregoriou and Mark S. Braiman, editors. CRC Press (2006), 430 pages.
	Vibrational Spectroscopy of Biological and Polymeric Materials compiles the latest developments in advanced infrared and Raman spectroscopic techniques that are applicable to both polymeric materials and biological compounds. It also presents instrumentation and experimental details that can be used by polymer chemists and biochemists in the design of their own experiments.

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