Advanced control methods and new distributed embedded control structures represent the most effective tools for realizing high performance of many technological processes.
Technological advances in the field of technical or high performance textiles have made it possible to engineer materials designed to meet specific needs.
This high performance is achieved through a range of new technological solutions such as: Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) schemes, Spatial Multiplexing (SM), spatial mapping (including beamforming), Space-Time Block Coding (STBC), and Low-Density Parity Check (LDPC) coding.
The high performance requirements at the European Spallation Source have been driving the technological advances on the neutron detector front.
The last generation of high performance steels encompasses significant advantages in terms of economy, architectural possibilities and environmental sustainability, featuring remarkable technological items.
A major obstacle for a viable technological development of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) is still the synthesis of a high performance iodide-conducting polymer electrolyte.
Taking into account the major technological importance of this subject to the production of functional and structural components used in high performance systems, it is often desired to estimate the machining rate for productivity while maintaining the desired surface integrity.
Advanced technological aspects of cement based composites have been recently focused on developing new materials, which are high performance and exhibit high compressive strength.
Recent technological advances in electrospray ionization (ESI) and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry (MS), coupled to high performance liquid chromatography (LC), allow lipid diversity and membrane composition to be quantified at the molecular level [ 4– 7].
