Nanostructured Materials: Processing, Properties and Applications

Nanostructured materials are one of the highest profile classes of materials in science and engineering today, and will continue to be well into the future. Potential applications are widely varied, including washing machine sensors, drug delivery devices to combat avian flu, and more efficient solar panels. Broad and multidisciplinary, the field includes multilayer films, atomic clusters, nanocrystalline materials, and nanocomposites having remarkable variations in fundamental electrical, optic, and magnetic properties.

Nanostructured Materials: Processing, Properties and Applications, 2nd Edition is an extensive update to the exceptional first edition snapshot of this rapidly advancing field. Retaining the organization of the first edition, Part 1 covers the important synthesis and processing methods for the production of nanocrystalline materials. Part 2 focuses on selected properties of nanostructured materials. Potential or existing applications are described as appropriate throughout the book. The second edition has been updated throughout for the latest advances and includes two additional chapters.

Chemical Synthesis of Nanostructured Particles and Films
Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials by Inert-Gas Condensation Methods
Thermal Sprayed Nanostructured Coatings: Applications and Development
Nanostructured Materials and Composites Prepared by Solid State Processing
Nanocrystalline Powder Consolidation Methods
Electrodeposited Nanocrystalline Metals, Alloys, and Composites
Computer Simulation of Nanomaterials
Diffusion in Nanocrystalline Materials
Nanostructured Materials for Gas Reactive Applications
Magnetic Nanoparticles and Their Applications
Magnetic Properties of Nanocrystalline Materials
Mechanical Behavior of Nanocrystalline Metals
Structure, Formation, and Mechanical Behavior of Two-Phase Nanostructured Materials
Nanostructured Electronic and Optoelectronic Materials