Design and Development of Nanostructured Thin Films
Design and Development of Nanostructured Thin Films

Author: Antonella Macagnano

Publisher: MDPI

Published: 2020-05-13

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 3039287389

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Due to their unique size-dependent physicochemical properties, nanostructured thin films are used in a wide range of applications from smart coating and drug delivery to electrocatalysis and highly-sensitive sensors. Depending on the targeted application and the deposition technique, these materials have been designed and developed by tuning their atomic-molecular 2D- and/or 3D-aggregation, thickness, crystallinity, and porosity, having effects on their optical, mechanical, catalytic, and conductive properties. Several open questions remain about the impact of nanomaterial production and use on environment and health. Many efforts are currently being made not only to prevent nanotechnologies and nanomaterials from contributing to environmental pollution but also to design nanomaterials to support, control, and protect the environment. This Special Issue aims to cover the recent advances in designing nanostructured films focusing on environmental issues related to their fabrication processes (e.g., low power and low cost technologies, the use of environmentally friendly solvents), their precursors (e.g., waste-recycled, bio-based, biodegradable, and natural materials), their applications (e.g., controlled release of chemicals, mimicking of natural processes, and clean energy conversion and storage), and their use in monitoring environment pollution (e.g., sensors optically- or electrically-sensitive to pollutants)

Advances in Thin Films, Nanostructured Materials, and Coatings
Advances in Thin Films, Nanostructured Materials, and Coatings

Author: Alexander D. Pogrebnjak

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-02-08

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 9811361339

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This book highlights the latest advances in chemical and physical methods for thin-film deposition and surface engineering, including ion- and plasma-assisted processes, focusing on explaining the synthesis/processing–structure–properties relationship for a variety of thin-film systems. It covers topics such as advances in thin-film synthesis; new thin-film materials: diamond-like films, granular alloys, high-entropy alloys, oxynitrides, and intermetallic compounds; ultra-hard, wear- and oxidation-resistant and multifunctional coatings; superconducting, magnetic, semiconducting, and dielectric films; electrochemical and electroless depositions; thin-film characterization and instrumentation; and industrial applications.

Chemical Solution Synthesis for Materials Design and Thin Film Device Applications
Chemical Solution Synthesis for Materials Design and Thin Film Device Applications

Author: Soumen Das

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2021-01-29

Total Pages: 746

ISBN-13: 0128197188

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Chemical Solution Synthesis for Materials Design and Thin Film Device Applications presents current research on wet chemical techniques for thin-film based devices. Sections cover the quality of thin films, types of common films used in devices, various thermodynamic properties, thin film patterning, device configuration and applications. As a whole, these topics create a roadmap for developing new materials and incorporating the results in device fabrication. This book is suitable for graduate, undergraduate, doctoral students, and researchers looking for quick guidance on material synthesis and device fabrication through wet chemical routes. Provides the different wet chemical routes for materials synthesis, along with the most relevant thin film structured materials for device applications Discusses patterning and solution processing of inorganic thin films, along with solvent-based processing techniques Includes an overview of key processes and methods in thin film synthesis, processing and device fabrication, such as nucleation, lithography and solution processing

Functional Thin Films and Nanostructures for Sensors
Functional Thin Films and Nanostructures for Sensors

Author: Anis Zribi

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-04-05

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0387686096

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This book discusses advances in functional thin films for sensors and novel concepts for future breakthroughs. The focus is on guidelines and design rules for sensor systems, interaction between functional thin films and other sensor subsystems, fundamentals behind the intrinsic functionality in sensing thin films and nanostructures, state-of-the-art technologies used to develop sensors today and concrete examples of sensor designs.

Recent Advances in Thin Films
Recent Advances in Thin Films

Author: Sushil Kumar

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-08-27

Total Pages: 721

ISBN-13: 9811561168

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This volume comprises the expert contributions from the invited speakers at the 17th International Conference on Thin Films (ICTF 2017), held at CSIR-NPL, New Delhi, India. Thin film research has become increasingly important over the last few decades owing to the applications in latest technologies and devices. The book focuses on current advances in thin film deposition processes and characterization including thin film measurements. The chapters cover different types of thin films like metal, dielectric, organic and inorganic, and their diverse applications across transistors, resistors, capacitors, memory elements for computers, optical filters and mirrors, sensors, solar cells, LED's, transparent conducting coatings for liquid crystal display, printed circuit board, and automobile headlamp covers. This book can be a useful reference for students, researchers as well as industry professionals by providing an up-to-date knowledge on thin films and coatings.

Synthesis and Modification of Nanostructured Thin Films
Synthesis and Modification of Nanostructured Thin Films

Author: Ion N. Mihailescu

Publisher: MDPI

Published: 2020-03-17

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 3039284541

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The Special Issue “Synthesis and Modification of Nanostructured Thin Films” highlights the recent progress in thin film synthesis/modification and characterization. New methods are reviewed for the synthesis and/or modification of thin films based on laser, magnetron, chemical, and other techniques. The obtained thin nanostructures are characterized by complex and complementary techniques. We think that most of proposed methods can be directly applied in production, but some others still need further elaboration for long-term prospective applications in lasers, optics, materials, electronics, informatics, telecommunications, biology, medicine, and probably many other domains. The Guest Editor and the MDPI staff are therefore pleased to offer this Special Issue to interested readers, including graduate and PhD students as well as postdoctoral researchers, but also to the entire community interested in the field of nanomaterials. We share the conviction that this can serve as a useful tool for updating the literature, but also to aid in the conception of new production and/or research programs. There is plenty of room for further dedicated R&D advances based on new instruments and materials under development.

Polymer Thin Films
Polymer Thin Films

Author: Ophelia Kwan Chui Tsui

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9812818820

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Ch. 1. Block copolymer thin films / J.-Y. Wang, S. Park and T. P. Russell -- ch. 2. Equilibration of block copolymer films on chemically patterned surfaces / G. S. W. Craig, H. Kang and P. F. Nealey -- ch. 3. Structure formation and evolution in confined cylinder-forming block copolymers / G. J. A. Sevink and J. G. E. M. Fraaije -- ch. 4. Block copolymer lithography for magnetic device fabrication / J. Y. Cheng and C. A. Ross -- ch. 5. Hierarchical structuring of polymer nanoparticles by self-organization / M. Shimomura ... [et al.] -- ch. 6. Wrinkling polymers for surface structure control and functionality / E. P. Chan and A. J. Crosby -- ch. 7. Crystallization in polymer thin films: morphology and growth / R. M. Van Horn and S. Z. D. Cheng -- ch. 8. Friction at soft polymer surface / M. K. Chaudhury, K. Vorvolakos and D. Malotky -- ch. 9. Relationship between molecular architecture, large-strain mechanical response and adhesive performance of model, block copolymer-based pressure sensitive adhesives / C. Creton and K. R. Shull -- ch. 10. Stability and dewetting of thin liquid films / K. Jacobs, R. Seemann and S. Herminghaus -- ch. 11. Anomalous dynamics of polymer Films / O. K. C. Tsui.

Design and Development of Nanostructured Thin Films
Design and Development of Nanostructured Thin Films

Author: Antonella Macagnano

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9783039287390

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Due to their unique size-dependent physicochemical properties, nanostructured thin films are used in a wide range of applications from smart coating and drug delivery to electrocatalysis and highly-sensitive sensors. Depending on the targeted application and the deposition technique, these materials have been designed and developed by tuning their atomic-molecular 2D- and/or 3D-aggregation, thickness, crystallinity, and porosity, having effects on their optical, mechanical, catalytic, and conductive properties. Several open questions remain about the impact of nanomaterial production and use on environment and health. Many efforts are currently being made not only to prevent nanotechnologies and nanomaterials from contributing to environmental pollution but also to design nanomaterials to support, control, and protect the environment. This Special Issue aims to cover the recent advances in designing nanostructured films focusing on environmental issues related to their fabrication processes (e.g., low power and low cost technologies, the use of environmentally friendly solvents), their precursors (e.g., waste-recycled, bio-based, biodegradable, and natural materials), their applications (e.g., controlled release of chemicals, mimicking of natural processes, and clean energy conversion and storage), and their use in monitoring environment pollution (e.g., sensors optically- or electrically-sensitive to pollutants).

Nanomanufacturing and Nanomaterials Design
Nanomanufacturing and Nanomaterials Design

Author: Subhash Singh

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2022-12-12

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1000804208

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Nanomanufacturing includes bottom-up or top-down techniques, each of which gives an advanced, reliable, scaled-up, and economical methods in the production of nanomaterials. The text discusses fundamental concepts, advanced topics, and applications of nanomanufacturing in a comprehensive manner. Features Discussion of the design and fabrication of nano- and micro-devices in a comprehensive manner. Covers nanofabrication techniques for photovoltaics applications. Lists constitutive modelling and simulation of multifunctional nanomaterials. Introduces nanomanufacturing of nanorobots and their industrial applications. Presents nanomanufacturing of a high-performance piezoelectric nanogenerator for energy harvesting. Important topics include nanomanufacturing of high-performance piezoelectric nanogenerators for energy harvesting, nanosensor, nanorobots, nanomedicine, nano diagnostic tools, 3D nano printing, additive nanomanufacturing of functional materials for human‐integrated smart wearables, and nanofabrication techniques. Nanomanufacturing and Nanomaterials Design covers the latest applications of nanomanufacturing for a better understanding of the concepts. The text provides scientific and technological insights on novel routes of design and fabrication of few-layered nanostructures and their heterostructures based on a variety of advanced materials. It will be a valuable resource for senior undergraduate, graduate students and researchers in the fields of mechanical, manufacturing, industrial, production engineering and materials science.

Contemporary Nanomaterials in Material Engineering Applications
Contemporary Nanomaterials in Material Engineering Applications

Author: Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-12-17

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 3030627616

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This book covers remarkable contemporary nanomaterials such as carbon nanomaterials, nanoclays, quantum dots, MXene, and metal-organic frameworks. Each chapter discusses the synthesis techniques, characterization methods, properties, and the nanomaterials’ use in different aspects of biomedical, energy, polymers, material construction, biosensors, coatings, and catalysis. Moreover, commercialization challenges and environmental risks of nanomaterials are also covered in depth. The book provides an understanding of the fundamental properties, limitations and challenges in nanomaterials synthesis, serving as a valuable resource for researchers, graduate students, academicians, and consultants working with nanomaterials for engineering applications.