Nanostructered films and coatings: [proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Nanostructured Films and Coatings, Santorini, Greece, June 28-30, 1999]

Nanostructured films and coatings possess unique properties due to both size and interface effects. They find many applications in areas such as electronics, catalysis, protection, data storage, optics and sensors. The focus of the present book is on synthesis and processing; advanced characterization techniques; properties (including mechanical, chemical, electronic, thermal, catalytic, and magnetic); modelling of interlayer and intralayer interfaces; and applications. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Gas Phase Synthesis of Nanostructured Films and Coatings....Pages 1-10 Electrodeposited Nanostructured Films and Coatings: Synthesis, Structure, Properties and Applications....Pages 11-24 Nanostructured Carbon Coatings....Pages 25-40 Semiconductor Quantum Dot Heterostructures (Growth and Applications)....Pages 41-54 Chemical Processing of Nanostructured Coatings....Pages 55-61 Nanostructured Coatings of Inner Surfaces in Microporous Matrixes....Pages 63-76 Electroless Deposited Nanostructured NiCo Films....Pages 77-84 Nanoscaled Magnetic Electrodeposited Structures on the Basis of Ion Group Metals: Preparation, Structure, Magnetic and Magnetoresistive Properties....Pages 85-102 Nanodispersed Refractory Compounds in the Electrodeposited Metal Coatings....Pages 103-111 Thermal Sprayed Nanostructured Hard Coatings....Pages 113-129 Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocomposite Coatings....Pages 131-148 Nano-Engineered Thermoelectric Coating....Pages 149-156 Photoluminescence from Pressure — Annealed Nanostructured Silicon Dioxide and Nitride Films....Pages 157-170 CoPt and FePt Thin Films for High Density Recording Media....Pages 171-176 Unidirectional Anisotropy in Manganite Based Ferromagnetic-Antiferromagnetic Multilayers....Pages 177-185 Surface Characterization of Nanostructured Coatings: Study of Nanocrystalline SnO 2 Gas Sensors....Pages 187-201 Phase Differentiation and Characterization of Nanostructured Composites by Synchrotron Radiation Techniques....Pages 203-214 X-Ray Study of Microstructure and Grain Boundary Statistics in Nanocrystalline Materials....Pages 215-222 Xrd Strain and Stress Determination in Nanostructured Films and Coatings....Pages 223-230 Interfaces in Nanostructured Films and Coatings....Pages 231-246 Nanoscale Elastic Properties of Dislocations and Disclinations....Pages 247-254 Study of Porous Silicon Formation and Silicon-on-Porous Silicon Epitaxy (Computational Modelling)....Pages 255-265 Evolution of Phase Composition and Associated Properties in the Process of Growth of Nanostructured Films....Pages 267-281 Review of Fatigue of Coatings/Substrates....Pages 283-295 Nanoindentation / Nanoscratching and Stress Studies in Monolithic and Nanolayered Amorphous Carbon Films....Pages 297-308 Formation of Nanostructured Surface Regions Under a Concentrated Load....Pages 309-313 Non-Destructive Mechanical Characterisation of Mechanical Properties of Non-Homogeneous Nanostructured Coatings....Pages 315-322 High Refractive Index Si/SiO x Based Nanocomposites....Pages 323-335 Preparation and Characterisation of Metallic Thin Films for Electroluminescent Devices Based on Porous Silicon....Pages 337-345 Photoelectrochemical Behavior of Chlorophyll a in Thin Films....Pages 347-354 Lean-Burn Natural Gas Engine Exhaust Remediation Using Nanostructured Catalysts and Coatings....Pages 355-365 Polymer-Layered Silicate Nanocomposites: Emerging Scientific and Commercial Opportunities ....Pages 367-372 Office of Naval Research Initiative on Wear Resistant Nanostructured Materials....Pages 373-377 Back Matter....Pages 379-379 Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Santorini, Greece, June 28-30, 1999