Advanced Materials for Applied Science and Technology

Review from Ringgold Inc., ProtoView: Selected papers from a January 2011 conference held in Pakistan highlight the latest work in advanced materials areas such as polymer composites, thin film coatings, and shape memory alloys. Papers are grouped in sections on composites, nanocomposites, ceramics and oxides, and thin films and surface engineering. Some specific topics addressed include development of resin infusion processes for ultralight large composite structures, development of a parametric model and warping analysis of a composite beam with multiple rigid regions, and enhanced dielectric response in a polyurethane based all-organic nanocomposite. Some other areas reported include glass transition-related relaxation dynamics in polystyrene nanoparticles, wear behavior of HVOF-sprayed WC-cobalt coatings, and the effect of deposition mechanism and the microstructure of nano-ceria oxide addition on Ni-P coating by pulse electrodeposition. The book includes b&w photos.