Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters BCI (WoS).This special-topic volume includes two review articles written by eminent scientists in India, plus original articles by researchers working in various Indian research and academic institutions. The articles describe the results of analyses carried out on important materials that are useful to human society, and many characterization techniques have been reported for the analysis of various types of material. It is expected that this work will be very useful to scientists, researchers, academics, scholars and students working at various levels in academic, research and industrial institutions.
