Product Description: The maturation of nanotechnology has revealed it to be a unique and distinct discipline rather than a specialization within a larger field. Its textbook cannot afford to be a chemistry, physics, or engineering text focused on nano...read more

Product Description: WINNER 2009 CHOICE AWARD OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE! Nanotechnology is no longer a subdiscipline of chemistry, engineering, or any other field. It represents the convergence of many fields, and therefore demands a new paradigm for teaching...read more

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 contains proceedings of the NATO-Russia Advanced Research Workshop on Nanostructured Thin Films and Nanodispersion Strengthened Coatings (December, 2003, Moscow). During this Workshop leading researchers from twelve countries had presented and discussed most recent developments in the fields of plasma physics and surface engineering related to the preparation and applications of nanostructured thin films and nanodispersion strengthened coatings...read more

Product Description: This volume contains proceedings of the NATO-Russia Advanced Research Workshop on Nanostructured Thin Films and Nanodispersion Strengthened Coatings (December, 2003, Moscow). During this Workshop leading researchers from twelve countries had presented and discussed most recent developments in the fields of plasma physics and surface engineering related to the preparation and applications of nanostructured thin films and nanodispersion strengthened coatings...read more

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