Product Description: These proceedings focus on the scientific issues related to surface engineering phenomena in synthesis, characterization, and application for a variety of materials. A multidisciplinary discussion on surface-related phenomena by which materials performance may be enhanced through engineered interface and surface modification technologies, this volume covers such topics as: PVD and CVD processes; nanostructured and nanoparticles synthesis; thermal barrier coatings; biomedical coatings; functional coatings for electronic, optical, and magnetic applications; surface modification by plasma, ion, and laser beam techniques; direct fabricated materials; coatings for space, automobile, and environmental industries; corrosion and oxidation resistance coatings; modeling; mechanical and tribological properties; interface properties and adhesion; advanced surface investigation techniques; and ultrahard coatings...read more

Product Description: This volume combines the proceedings of two prominent symposia presented by TMS's Materials Processing and Manufacturing Division (MPMD). Papers from the Surfaces and Interfaces in Nanostructured Materials Symposium bring together experts working on different aspects of study, such as fabrication, characterization, modification, and modeling, to identify and address important issues, such as structure-chemistry-property relationships; surface engineering approaches in the nanoscale regime; chemistry and atomic bonding at interfaces; kinetics, diffusion paths, and related effects at interfaces; fabrication of "bulk" nanostructures; and advances in interfacial modification/engineering techniques...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)