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Chemical & Biological Engineering Research: Handbooks & Encyclopedias

Last Updated: Jan 8, 2024 3:42 PM

Online Encyclopedias

  • Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry
    Detailed articles covering all areas related to chemical technology.

  • Encyclopedia of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry, Volumes 1-3
    Covers the basic aspects of the application of physics to chemistry including important experimental and computational techniques and applications.

  • Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry
    The result of a merger of two major reference works (the Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry and the Handbook of Metalloproteins), contains over 10,000 pages of regularly updated reference information on topics in inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry.

  • Comprehensive Biophysics
    Covers biophysical techniques for structural characterization of macromolecules and cells, folding of proteins and nucleic acids, molecular motors and motility, membranes, channels, cell biophysics, bioenergetics, and simulation and modelling.

  • Encyclopedia of Catalysis
    A-to-Z reference work covering the most significant aspects of homogeneous, heterogeneous, asymmetric, biomimetic, and biological catalysis.

  • Comprehensive Nanoscience and Technology
    Five-volume work that focuses on the major classes of nanomaterials in terms of their synthesis, structure, and applications.

  • Encyclopedia of Materials Science & Technology
    Eleven-volume encyclopedia providing comprehensive coverage of topics in materials science and technology with a particular focus on functional phenomena, structural phenomena, fundamental core theory, structural materials, polymers and materials chemistry, and functional materials.

  • Comprehensive Biomaterials II, 2nd edition
    Seven-volume online encyclopedia that addresses the current status of nearly all biomaterials in the field, their strengths and weaknesses, their future prospects, appropriate analytical methods and testing, device applications and performance, emerging candidate materials as competitors and disruptive technologies, research and development, regulatory management, commercial aspects, and applications, including medical applications.

Biological Engineering Handbooks

Below is just a small selection of books and handbooks we have available electronically in the biological engineering area. Please also use the UB Libraries "Everything" Search to search our entire collection of print and electronic book resources.

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