Research Trends in Contemporary Materials Science

Review from Ringgold Inc., ProtoView: Selected from those presented at the conference held in September 2006, these papers reflect research in nanostructured materials, solid state phenomena, fine particles, thin films, materials for hydrogen energy, optical materials, biomaterials, polymers and composites, and metallic systems. Individual paper topics include a new aspect of computational nanomaterials science, design considerations for non-magnetic semiconductor-based spin filters, negative refraction and left-handedness in two-dimensional Archimedean lattice photonic crystals, theoretical assessment of calcium arsonates stability, emulsion stability evaluation using a fractal dimensions approach, Ramon spectra of bismuth titanate ceramics, reduction of refractory compounds for obtaining fine-grained ceramic materials, phonon thermodynamics in crystalline nanofilms, experimental and theoretical investigation of hydrogen storage in magnesium based competence, induced rearrangement of liquid crystal caused by aligning of human erythrocytes, investigations of antimicrobiobial activity of encapsulated essential oils, synthesis and characterization of polyacriflavene, and multilayer composite materials with non-usual Poisson's ratios.