Books by Keyword: Thin Film

Description: The 38 peer-reviewed papers collected here together offer a plenitude of up-to-date information on “Transparent Conducting and Semiconducting Oxides, Solid State Lighting, Novel Superconductors and Electromagnetic Metamaterials”. The papers are conveniently arranged into TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING AND SEMICONDUCTING OXIDES, Materials Design and Device Development, Applications, MATERIALS FOR SOLID STATE LIGHTING, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING OF NOVEL SUPERCONDUCTORS, ELECTROMAGNETIC METAMATERIALS.

Description: The 47 peer-reviewed papers collected here together offer a plenitude of up-to-date information on “Thermal-to-Electrical Energy Conversion, Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conversion and Concentrating Solar Technologies”. The papers are conveniently arranged into MATERIALS FOR DIRECT THERMAL-TO-ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONVERSION, MATERIALS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION, Crystalline Cells and Thin Film Photovoltaics, Emerging and New Generation Solar Cells, MATERIALS FOR CONCENTRATING SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, CPV Materials and Technologies, CSP Materials and Technologies, CPV and CSP Application.

Description: The 31 peer-reviewed papers collected here together offer a plenitude of up-to-date information on “Advances in Electrical and Magnetic Ceramics”. The papers are conveniently arranged into ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC CERAMICS, Dielectric and Microwave Materials, Ferroelectrics, Piezoelectrics, Magnetic Ceramics, Varistors and Thermistors, Multiferroics, MAGNETIC AND TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF OXIDES.

Description: The 22 peer-reviewed papers collected here together offer a plenitude of up-to-date information on “Ceramic Thin Films and Coatings for Protective, Tribological and Multifunctional Applications”. The papers are conveniently arranged into ADVANCES IN DEPOSITION, SURFACE MODIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION, PROTECTIVE COATINGS IN OXIDIZING AND HARSH ENVIRONMENTS, THIN FILMS AND COATINGS FOR TRIBOLOGICAL AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL APPLICATIONS.

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This special collection brings together the latest developments in the science and technology of electroceramics. It focuses upon contributing to the exchange of Electroceramics know-how; both scientific and industrial.

Description: The purpose of this special volume was to provide young scientists from Asian countries with the opportunity of exchanging information on scientific research. It covers recent progress, achievements and innovations made in the field of advanced materials research and technology for a sustainable future world; especially in India, Japan and other Asian countries. The selected papers include experimental studies of structure, electrical and magnetic properties, thermodynamic and electrochemical properties, absorption, luminescence, permeability and self-assembly in systems involving steel and aluminum alloys, nanoparticles, nanowires, nanoplates, multilayers, thin films, membranes and multifunctional materials.

Description: Current water-treatment technologies require considerable energy consumption. Thus, closely linked to the problem of water shortage is the impending energy crisis. Therefore, intensive research is being aimed at developing water purification processes that are based upon using renewable energy, such as solar energy, rather than energy generated using fossil fuels. There has been an accumulation of reports on the development of photocatalysts, which enable water purification using solar energy as the only driving force. Such photocatalysts, based upon oxide semiconductors, permit the conversion of solar energy into the chemical energy that is required for the oxidation of toxic organic compounds in water. The most promising photocatalyst is titanium dioxide, TiO2, and its solid solutions. The research on TiO2 photocatalysis is multidisciplinary, and progress in this area requires the application of concepts of catalysis and photocatalysis as well as concepts of solid-state chemistry.

Description: This special volume presents the latest advances in the science and technology of high-performance ceramics. More than 600 excellent contributions were further refined, using a strict peer-review process, to give the more than 243 manuscripts included in this collection.

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The aim of this special volume was to bring together scholars, from diverse regions of the world, whose scientific achievements bear witness to their outstanding contributions to current developments in, and applications of, electron microscopy as applied to materials science and nanomaterials research.
The topics covered include: Multifunctional Nanocomposites, Smart materials, Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications, Structure phenomena and modeling, Growth of thin films, Semiconductors and optoelectronic materials, Other Nanomaterials and Interdisciplinary Topics.

Description: This special collection of peer-reviewed papers focuses on the technology, characterization and equipment required for handling nanocomposite films and hard and superhard coatings. It also covers subjects related to the development, properties and methods for the characterization of nanostructured materials for: solid-state electronics and energy technologies; nanocomposite films, hard and superhard coatings, tribological / corrosion-resistant coatings; surfaces and interfaces; nano-sensors, nanodevices and nanosystems, Equipment for deposition and characterization of nanocomposite films and industrial application of hard and superhard coatings.