TY - BOOK ID - 77907552 TI - Nanocomposite thin films and coatings AU - Zhang, Sam AU - Ali, Nasar PY - 2007 SN - 1281869538 9786611869533 1860949975 9781860949975 9781613447734 1613447736 9781860947841 1860947840 9781281869531 6611869530 PB - London Imperial College Press DB - UniCat KW - Thin films. KW - Nanostructured materials. KW - Nanomaterials KW - Nanometer materials KW - Nanophase materials KW - Nanostructure controlled materials KW - Nanostructure materials KW - Ultra-fine microstructure materials KW - Microstructure KW - Nanotechnology KW - Films, Thin KW - Solid film KW - Solid state electronics KW - Solids KW - Surfaces (Technology) KW - Coatings KW - Thick films UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77907552 AB - 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 fro ER -