Coatings are used for a wide range of applications, from anti-fogging coatings for glass through to corrosion control in the aerospace and automotive industries. Nanocoatings and ultra-thin films provides an up-to-date review of the fundamentals, processes of deposition, characterisation and applications of nanocoatings. Part one covers technologies used in the creation and analysis of thin films, including chapters on current and advanced coating technologies in industry, nanostructured thin films from amphiphilic molecules, chemical and physical vapour deposition methods and methods for…mehr
Coatings are used for a wide range of applications, from anti-fogging coatings for glass through to corrosion control in the aerospace and automotive industries. Nanocoatings and ultra-thin films provides an up-to-date review of the fundamentals, processes of deposition, characterisation and applications of nanocoatings.
Part one covers technologies used in the creation and analysis of thin films, including chapters on current and advanced coating technologies in industry, nanostructured thin films from amphiphilic molecules, chemical and physical vapour deposition methods and methods for analysing nanocoatings and ultra-thin films. Part two focuses on the applications of nanocoatings and ultra-thin films, with chapters covering topics such as nanocoatings for architectural glass, packaging applications, conventional and smart nanocoatings for corrosion protection in aerospace engineering and ultra-thin membranes for sensor applications.
With its distinguished editors and international team of contributors, Nanocoatings and ultra-thin films is an essential reference for professional engineers in the glazing, consctruction, electronics and transport industries, as well as all those with an academic research interest in the field.
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Woodhead Publishing Series in Metals and Surface Engineering
Abdel Salam Hamdy Makhlouf is a Full Professor (Tenured) at the College of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Texas Pan-American, USA. Professor Makhlouf has received several prestigious international awards for his research work and is an expert evaluator for the EU FP7 programme and various scholarship programmes around the world. He is an Editor for the Nanotechnology section of Insciences Journal and for the International Journal of Applied Sciences. He is also an Advisory Editor for books published by Elsevier in the area of advanced coatings and thin films.
Ion Tiginyanu is Professor of Electronic Engineering at the Academy of Sciences of Moldova.
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Introduction
Part I: Technologies
Chapter 1: Current and advanced coating technologies for industrial applications
Abstract:
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Electro-and electroless chemical plating
1.3 Conversion coatings
1.4 Chemical and physical vapor deposition (CVD and PVD)
1.5 Spray coating
1.6 Other coating techniques
1.7 New lightweight materials
1.8 Trends in environmentally friendly coatings, self-assembling and self-cleaning coatings
1.9 Trends in nanocoatings
1.10 New composite and powder coatings
1.11 Advanced polymers and fillers
1.12 Developments in coating processes
1.13 Acknowledgements
Chapter 2: Nanostructured thin films from amphiphilic molecules
Abstract:
2.1 Langmuir monolayer
2.2 Amphiphilic polymers
2.3 Dendrons and dendrimers
2.4 Metal/semiconductor nanoparticles
2.5 2-D arrays of colloidal spheres
2.6 Conclusions
2.7 Acknowledgements
Chapter 3: Chemical and physical vapor deposition methods for nanocoatings
Abstract:
3.1 Substrate preparation for ultra-thin films and functional graded nanocoatings
3.2 Paradigm of functional graded layer-by-layer coating fabrication
3.3 Nanocoating fabrication methods
3.4 Physical vapor deposition-based technologies
3.5 Chemical vapor deposition-based technologies
3.6 Conclusion and future trends
Chapter 4: Surface-initiated polymerisation for nanocoatings
Abstract:
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Physisorption and chemisorption, equilibrium and irreversible adsorption
4.3 Preparation of surface-bound polymer layers
4.4 Properties and applications
4.5 Acknowledgement
Chapter 5: Methods for analysing nanocoatings and ultra-thin films
Abstract:
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Electrochemical methods
5.3 Surface-sensitive analytical methods for ultra-thin film coatings
5.4 Spectroscopic, microscopic and acoustic techniques for ultra-thin film coatings
5.5 Conclusions
5.6 Acknowledgements
Part II: Applications
Chapter 6: Conventional and advanced coatings for industrial applications: an overview
Abstract:
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Conventional coating technologies for the automotive and aerospace industries
6.3 Advanced coating technologies for the automotive and aerospace industries
6.4 Packaging applications
6.5 Coatings for the electronics and sensors industry
6.6 Paints and enamels industry
6.7 Biomedical implants industry
6.8 Acknowledgements
Chapter 7: Nanocoatings for architectural glass
Abstract:
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Spectrally selective glass
7.3 Dynamic smart glazings
7.4 Glass surface protections
7.5 Conclusion
7.6 Acknowledgements
Chapter 8: Nanocoatings and ultra-thin films for packaging applications
Abstract:
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Nanomaterials in packaging
8.3 High barrier packaging
8.4 Anti-microbial packaging
8.5 Nanosensors in packaging
8.6 Packaging as a drug carrier and for drug delivery
8.7 Nanotechnology solutions for the packaging waste problem
8.8 Anti-static packaging applications
8.9 Regulation and ethical issues in the new packaging industry
8.10 Future trends
Chapter 9: Advanced protective coatings for aeronautical applications
Abstract:
9.1 Introduction: corrosion in aeronautical structures