Highlights in Applied Mineralogy.

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of contributing authors -- Part I: High-technology materials -- 1. Lithium ion-conducting oxide garnets -- 2. Olivine-type battery materials -- 3. Natural and synthetic zeolites -- 4. Microstructure analysis of chalcopyrite-type Cu&lt -- sub&gt -- 2&lt -- /sub&gt -- ZnSe&lt -- sub&gt -- 4&lt -- /sub&gt -- and kesterite-type Cu2ZnSnSe4 absorber layers in thin film solar cells -- 5. Surface-engineered silica via plasma polymer deposition -- 6. Crystallographic symmetry analysis in NiTi shape memory alloys -- Part II: Environmental mineralogy -- 7. Gold, silver, and copper in the geosphere and anthroposphere: can industrial wastewater act as an anthropogenic resource? -- 8. Applied mineralogy for recovery from the accident of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station -- 9. Phosphates as safe containers for radionuclides -- 10. Immobilization of high-level waste calcine (radwaste) in perovskites -- 11. Titanate ceramics for high-level nuclear waste immobilization -- Part III: Biomineralization, biomimetics, and medical mineralogy -- 12. Patterns of mineral organization in carbonate biological hard materials -- 13. Sea urchin spines as role models for biological design and integrative structures -- 14. Nacre: a biomineral, a natural biomaterial, and a source of bio-inspiration -- 15. Hydroxylapatite coatings: applied mineralogy research in the bioceramics field -- 16. A procedure to apply spectroscopic techniques in the investigation of silica-bearing industrial materials -- About the authors -- Index.

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