Porous Metals with Directional Pores - Nakajima, Hideo; SpringerLink (Online service) (Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2013)
Introduction -- Various fabrication methods of cellular metals and foamed metals -- Materials definitions -- Fabrication methods of porous metals with directional pores.- Nucleation and growth mechanism of pores in metals -- Control of pore size and porosity in lotus-type porous metals -- Details of fabrication techniques of various lotus metals and alloys, intermetallic compounds, semiconductors and ceramics -- Mechanical properties of lotus metals and alloys -- Various physical and chemical properties of lotus metals and alloys -- Processing of lotus metals -- Various applications of lotus metals -- Summary.
Keywords: Metals; Nanotechnology; Materials science; Metallic Materials; Nanotechnology and Microengineering; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials