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Some of the most exciting scientific developments in recent years have come not from theoretical physicists, astronomers, or molecular biologists but instead from the chemistry lab. Chemists have created superconducting ceramics for brain scanners, designed liquid crystal flat screens for televisions and watch displays, and made fabrics that change color while you wear them. They have fashioned metals from plastics, drugs from crude oil, and have pinpointed the chemical pollutants affecting our atmosphere and are now searching for remedies for the imperiled planet. Philip Ball, an editor for the prestigious magazine Nature, lets the lay reader into the world of modern chemistry. Here, for example, chemists find new uses for the improbable buckminsterfullerene molecules--60-atom carbon soccerballs, dubbed "buckyballs"--which seem to have applications for everything from lubrication to medicine to electronics. The book is not intended as an introduction to chemistry, but as an accessible survey of recent developments throughout many of the major fields allied with chemistry: from research in traditional areas such as crystallography and spectroscopy to entirely new fields of study such as molecular electronics, artificial enzymes, and "smart" polymer gels. Ball's grand tour along the leading edge of scientific discovery will appeal to all curious readers, with or without any scientific training, to chemistry students looking for future careers, and to practicing chemical researchers looking for information on other specialties within their discipline.

Chemistry. --- Physical sciences --- DNA. --- Heeger, Alan. --- Jerome, Denis. --- acetic acid. --- adenine. --- alkali metals. --- aluminum. --- ammonia. --- antibonding orbitals. --- autocatalysis. --- azobenzene. --- bacteria. --- bilayers. --- biogeochemical cycles. --- carbohydrates. --- carbon dioxide. --- clusters. --- copper. --- diamond. --- electron. --- enantiomers. --- enzymes. --- formaldehyde. --- fractals. --- global warming. --- greenhouse effect. --- hydrocarbons. --- hydrogen bonding. --- infrared radiation. --- interstellar molecules. --- irrational numbers. --- lattice. --- liquid crystals. --- malonic acid. --- metabolism. --- methane. --- nitrogen. --- nucleotides. --- optoelectronics. --- peptide bond. --- phase transitions. --- polarized light. --- potassium. --- quantum mechanics. --- replication. --- semiconductors.

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This reprint gathers works on various coating materials and technologies aimed at the improvement of materials’ properties, such as corrosion resistance or biocompatibility. Systematic studies demonstrate how the structure and morphology of coatings can change the mechanical, chemical and various functional properties of materials. The reprint contributes to the better understanding of various phenomena induced by metal, ceramic or composite coatings in core materials and, thus, it can help in the more rational design of the selected material’s properties in future studies by the application of coatings.

Research & information: general --- Physics --- cold spray --- scanning electron microscope --- electrochemical workstation --- neutral salt spray test --- photocatalysis --- friction and wear --- composite coatings --- plasma electrolytic oxidation --- Al2O3 --- energy transfer --- photoluminescence --- Ce3+/Eu2+ --- sliding wear --- cold work die steel --- HVOF --- WC-CoCr --- cermet --- wet welding --- underwater welding --- abrasive wear resistance --- high-strength low-alloy steel --- hardness measurements --- metal–mineral abrasion --- ultrathin films --- infrared spectroscopy --- detection limit --- ZnS --- atomic layer deposition (ALD) --- molecular layer deposition (MLD) --- phosphoric acid --- sulfuric acid --- sulfosalicylic acid --- oxalic acid --- malonic acid --- tartaric acid --- citric acid --- 0.1 and 0.6 molar solution --- porous anodic alumina --- anodizing --- chemical vapor deposition --- nickel alloys --- aluminide coatings --- high temperature fatigue --- creep --- biocompatibility --- corrosion protection --- wear resistance --- ceramic coatings --- plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) coating --- microstructure --- growth mechanism --- zirconium and zirconium-based alloys --- iron anchor --- corrosion product --- iron relics --- corrosion mechanism --- n/a --- metal-mineral abrasion

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This reprint gathers works on various coating materials and technologies aimed at the improvement of materials’ properties, such as corrosion resistance or biocompatibility. Systematic studies demonstrate how the structure and morphology of coatings can change the mechanical, chemical and various functional properties of materials. The reprint contributes to the better understanding of various phenomena induced by metal, ceramic or composite coatings in core materials and, thus, it can help in the more rational design of the selected material’s properties in future studies by the application of coatings.

Research & information: general --- Physics --- cold spray --- scanning electron microscope --- electrochemical workstation --- neutral salt spray test --- photocatalysis --- friction and wear --- composite coatings --- plasma electrolytic oxidation --- Al2O3 --- energy transfer --- photoluminescence --- Ce3+/Eu2+ --- sliding wear --- cold work die steel --- HVOF --- WC-CoCr --- cermet --- wet welding --- underwater welding --- abrasive wear resistance --- high-strength low-alloy steel --- hardness measurements --- metal-mineral abrasion --- ultrathin films --- infrared spectroscopy --- detection limit --- ZnS --- atomic layer deposition (ALD) --- molecular layer deposition (MLD) --- phosphoric acid --- sulfuric acid --- sulfosalicylic acid --- oxalic acid --- malonic acid --- tartaric acid --- citric acid --- 0.1 and 0.6 molar solution --- porous anodic alumina --- anodizing --- chemical vapor deposition --- nickel alloys --- aluminide coatings --- high temperature fatigue --- creep --- biocompatibility --- corrosion protection --- wear resistance --- ceramic coatings --- plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) coating --- microstructure --- growth mechanism --- zirconium and zirconium-based alloys --- iron anchor --- corrosion product --- iron relics --- corrosion mechanism --- cold spray --- scanning electron microscope --- electrochemical workstation --- neutral salt spray test --- photocatalysis --- friction and wear --- composite coatings --- plasma electrolytic oxidation --- Al2O3 --- energy transfer --- photoluminescence --- Ce3+/Eu2+ --- sliding wear --- cold work die steel --- HVOF --- WC-CoCr --- cermet --- wet welding --- underwater welding --- abrasive wear resistance --- high-strength low-alloy steel --- hardness measurements --- metal-mineral abrasion --- ultrathin films --- infrared spectroscopy --- detection limit --- ZnS --- atomic layer deposition (ALD) --- molecular layer deposition (MLD) --- phosphoric acid --- sulfuric acid --- sulfosalicylic acid --- oxalic acid --- malonic acid --- tartaric acid --- citric acid --- 0.1 and 0.6 molar solution --- porous anodic alumina --- anodizing --- chemical vapor deposition --- nickel alloys --- aluminide coatings --- high temperature fatigue --- creep --- biocompatibility --- corrosion protection --- wear resistance --- ceramic coatings --- plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) coating --- microstructure --- growth mechanism --- zirconium and zirconium-based alloys --- iron anchor --- corrosion product --- iron relics --- corrosion mechanism