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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. This title provides an up-to-date review of the fundamentals! processes of deposition! characterization! and applications of nanocoatings. Zusammenfassung This book gives a comprehensive account of the state-of-the-art of nanocoatings and ultra-thin films. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Technologies: Current and advanced coating technologies for industrial applications; Nanostructured thin films from amphiphilic molecules; Chemical and physical vapor deposition methods for nanocoatings; Surface-initiated polymerisation for nanocoatings; Methods for analysing nanocoatings and ultra-thin films. Part 2 Applications: Conventional and advanced coatings for industrial applications: an overview; Nanocoatings for architectural glass; Nanocoatings and ultra-thin films for packaging applications; Advanced protective coatings for aeronautical applications; Nanoimprint lithographic (NIL) techniques for electronics applications; Ultra-thin membranes for sensor applications; Nanocoatings for tribological applications; Self-cleaning smart nanocoatings. ...
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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
9.2 Types of corrosion in aircraft
9.3 Factors influencing corrosion
9.4 Corrosion of aluminum and its alloys
9.5 Corrosion of magnesium alloys
9.6 Protective coatings in aerospace engineering
9.7 Pre-treatments
9.8 Anodizing coatings
9.9 Fun
