Monographs Co-edited by STEPS Team Members
(E/M, U/P, $) P.N. Kumta, A.F. Hepp, et al. (Editors) - Silicon Anode Systems for Lithium-Ion Batteries, Elsevier (2021) 536 pp. This book is an introduction to silicon anodes as an alternative to traditional graphite-based anodes. The lead co-editors are members of the STEPS team. (See: https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780128196601/silicon-anode-systems-for-lithium-ion-batteries)
(A/M/S, C/U/P, $) V. Shyam, M. Eggermont, A.F. Hepp, Biomimicry for Aerospace: Technologies and Applications, Elsevier (2022) 504 pp. The growing discipline of biomimicry focuses on what humanity can learn from the natural world; the book features the latest advances of bioinspired materials–properties relationships for aerospace applications. Two co-editors are members of the team. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780128210741/biomimicry-for-aerospace)
(M/S, C/U/P, $) M. Eggermont, V. Shyam, A.F. Hepp, Biomimicry for Materials, Design and Habitats: Innovations and Applications, Elsevier (2022) 569 pp. Book provides a survey of the recent work in a variety of fields that employ biomimicry and related paradigms to solve key problems of interest within design, science, technology, and society. Two co-editors are members of the team. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780128210536/biomimicry-for-materials-design-and-habitats).
(E/M/S, U/P, $) A.W. Apblett, A.R. Barron, A.F. Hepp Nanomaterials via Single-Source Precursors: Synthesis, Processing and Applications, Elsevier (2022) 609 pp. Book presents recent results and overviews of synthesis, processing, characterization and applications of advanced materials for energy, electronics, biomedicine, sensors and aerospace. Two co-editors are members of the team. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780128203408/nanomaterials-via-single-source-precursors#book-description).
(A/E/M, C/U/P, $) S.G. Bailey, A.F. Hepp, et al., Photovoltaics for Space: Key Issues, Missions and Alternative Technologies, Elsevier (2023) 609 pp. Book provides an overview of the challenges to efficiently produce solar power in near-Earth space and beyond, including materials and device architectures that have been developed. Four co-editors are members of the STEPS team. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780128233009/photovoltaics-for-space).
Journal Articles/Reports
(Note: See list of publishers below that provide open access content. Also, please check the ResearchGate pages of the STEPS team members for publicly available articles and reports (PDFs). Key open access or publicly available articles and reports will be added in future.)
Directory of Open Access Journals (https://doaj.org/) – Many journal have A/E/M/S content.
Elsevier (https://shop.elsevier.com/) – Public site to search and locate journal articles and books; many of the journals (and articles) are open access.
MDPI (https://www.mdpi.com/about/journals) – MDPI publishes open access journal articles that are electronic and online, many of the journals are relevant to A/E/M/S.
NASA Technical Report Server (https://ntrs.nasa.gov/) – NASA Technical Report Server includes a large number of publicly available technical reports found by searching. Several examples authored by team members of the STEPS team.
PLOS (https://plos.org/) - PLOS is a nonprofit, Open Access publisher.
Informational Websites (G/C/U/P)
Biomimicry.Org (https://biomimicry.org/) – A very large amount of information on biomimicry (in part, a sustainable approach to science and technology) also has significant amount of K-12 STEM information, see above.
Kurt J. Lesker (https://www.lesker.com/) – Huge amount of information on materials, processing, and applications, almost all of it is free. Please see the coming events tab for free online Lesker U courses (https://www.lesker.com/lesker-u-live/).
Materials Project (https://next-gen.materialsproject.org/) - Provides open web-based access to computed information on known and predicted materials as well as powerful analysis tools to inspire and design novel materials.
NASA (https://www.nasa.gov/) - Enormous amount of information, almost all is open access on aerospace, energy, materials, and sustainability.