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Materials development has reached a point where it is difficult for a single material to satisfy the needs of sophisticated applications in the modern world. Nanocomposite films and coatings achieve much more than the simple addition of the constitutents the law of summation fails to work in the nano-world. This book encompasses three major parts of the development of nanocomposite films and coatings: the first focuses on processing and properties, the second concentrates on mechanical performance, and the third deals with functional performance, including wide application areas ranging from mechanical cutting to solar energy and from electronics to medicine.
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NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILMS AND COATI NGS Processing, Properties and Performance August 22, 2007 10:3 B492 Nanocomposite Thin Films and Coatings This page intentionally left blank 9in x 6in fm NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILMS AND COATINGS Processing, Properties and Petformance editors Sam Zhang Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Nasar Ali University of Aveiro, Portugal Imperial College Press Published by Imperial College Press 57 Shelton Street Covent Garden London WC2H 9HE Distributed by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. 5 Toh Tuck Link, Singapore 596224 USA office: 27 Warren Street, Suite 401-402, Hackensack, NJ 07601 UK office: 57 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9HE British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Cover photo: HRTEM image (by Y. T. Pei) of magnetron sputtered nc-TiC/a-C (by X. L. Bui) NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILMS AND COATINGS Copyright © 2007 by Imperial College Press All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form or by any