This is the first book to bring together both the basic theory and proven process engineering practice of AFM. It is presented in a way that is accessible and valuable to practising engineers as well as to those who are improving their AFM skills and knowledge, and to researchers who are developing new products and solutions using AFM.

The book takes a rigorous and practical approach that ensures it is directly applicable to process engineering problems. Fundamentals and techniques are concisely described, while specific benefits for process engineering are clearly defined and illustrated. Key content includes: particle-particle, and particle-bubble interactions; characterization of membrane surfaces; the development of fouling resistant membranes; nanoscale pharmaceutical analysis; nanoengineering for cellular sensing; polymers on surfaces; micro and nanoscale rheometry.
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is an important tool for process engineers and scientists as it enables improved processes and productsThe only book dealing with the theory and practical applications of atomic force microscopy in process engineeringProvides best-practice guidance and experience on using AFM for process and product improvement

"Engineering Ethics: Challenges and Opportunities" aims to set a new agenda for the engineering profession by developing a key challenge: can the great technical innovation of engineering be matched by a corresponding innovation in the acceptance and expression of ethical responsibility? Central features of this stimulating text include:

. An analysis of engineering as a technical and ethical practice providing great opportunities for promoting the wellbeing and agency of individuals and communities.

. Elucidation of the ethical opportunities of engineering in three key areas:

Engineering for Peace, emphasising practical amelioration of the root causes of conflict rather than military solutions.

Engineering for Health, focusing on close collaboration with healthcare professionals for both the promotion and restoration of health.

Engineering for Development, providing effective solutions for the reduction of extreme poverty.

. Innovative strategies for implementing these ethical opportunities are described:

Emphasis on the personal responsibility of every engineer and on the benefits of supporting social structures.

Use of language and concepts that are appealing to business managers and political decision makers.

. Future prospects for increasing the acceptance and expression of ethical responsibility by engineers are envisaged.

. "Engineering Ethics: Challenges and Opportunities "provides engineers, decision makers and the wider public with new understanding of the potential of engineering for the promotion of human flourishing. "

Engineering has made an enormous contribution to providing the material well-being that promotes human flourishing. It can also be the cause of immense human suffering. The ethics of engineering is relatively unexplored compared to other professions such as medicine and business, but interest is undergoing a revival.

Engineering Ethics: Outline of an Aspirational Approach aims to provide engineers with an inspiring view of the overall ethical direction of their profession in a way that has direct practical outcomes for their work practices. Key features of this original text include:

• Concern with the overall ethical direction of engineering rather than simply specific moral quandaries.
• The use of two key exemplars as a focus for the ethical issues: military engineering and water provision in developing countries.
• The relation of engineering ethics to medical ethics and business ethics.
• The development of an original and imaginative ethical analysis, providing a challenge to currently prevailing views.
• An original analysis that leads to specific suggestions for changes in engineering education, engineering institutions, industry practices and the public positioning of engineering, as well as suggesting an aspirational role for engineering in international political initiatives.

Engineering Ethics: Outline of an Aspirational Approach will provoke debate among engineers, philosophers and the educated public.

Engineering Ethics: Challenges and Opportunities aims to set a new agenda for the engineering profession by developing a key challenge: can the great technical innovation of engineering be matched by a corresponding innovation in the acceptance and expression of ethical responsibility? Central features of this stimulating text include: ·          An analysis of engineering as a technical and ethical practice providing great opportunities for promoting the wellbeing and agency of individuals and communities. ·          Elucidation of the ethical opportunities of engineering in three key areas: ­   Engineering for Peace, emphasising practical amelioration of the root causes of conflict rather than military solutions. ­   Engineering for Health, focusing on close collaboration with healthcare professionals for both the promotion and restoration of health. ­   Engineering for Development, providing effective solutions for the reduction of extreme poverty. ·          Innovative strategies for implementing these ethical opportunities are described: ­   Emphasis on the personal responsibility of every engineer and on the benefits of supporting social structures. ­   Use of language and concepts that are appealing to business managers and political decision makers. ·          Future prospects for increasing the acceptance and expression of ethical responsibility by engineers are envisaged. ·          Engineering Ethics: Challenges and Opportunities provides engineers, decision makers and the wider public with new understanding of the potential of engineering for the promotion of human flourishing. 

Around the turn of the millennium, a young woman with outstanding academic achievements in science and mathematics applied to study engineering at a Eu- pean university. She had chosen to study engineering particularly because of the opportunities she expected it would give her to make a contribution to the well- ing of others. It happened that the university engineering department to which she applied had just been involved in the design of a vehicle for a world speed record attempt. When the young woman visited the university for interview this "triumph of technology" was presented as being a quintessential example of good engine- ing. However, though it was clear to her that the vehicle was technically ing- ious, she also recognised that it was of no practical use. She concluded that she had misunderstood the nature of engineering, and still wishing to help others she changed her plans and studied medicine, at which she assuredly excelled. This young woman's change of career was undoubtedly a specific loss for en- neering. Additionally, it had a broader, tragic dimension; for her understanding of the purpose of engineering was more mature than that of the academics she - countered. Moreover, their imbalanced prioritisation of technical ingenuity over helping people is not uncommon within parts of the profession.

Lilly and her sister Usha had a secret that they had kept to themselves for years. A big secret only their grandfather knew. They had always known that if their secret fell into the wrong hands, their lives would be changed forever. And not for the good. As always, the annual summer holidays brought a new danger to them and their home, the island of Alderney. Holiday makers were always good news for the island businesses, but new faces meant Lilly and Usha had to be extra careful. This year would be no different.