The term ""functional gradient materials"" was coined in Japan in the 1980s to describe a class of materials having spatially homogenous microstructures and properties. These materials can be used successfully in such applications as electronic devices, optical films, anti-wear and anti-corrosion coatings, thermal barrier coatings and biomaterials. The materials are fabricated with the use of nanoparticles, leading to greatly improved performance. Nanoparticle technology is not straightforward, however, demanding a modification of methods for processing and characterization. This book provides graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, engineers and senior scientists with an in-depth review of aspects of the field, ranging from synthetic methods to a variety of applications. The different approaches to material synthesis are described, giving the reader a better understanding of the complex phenomena involved. Characterization and the evaluation of properties are also discussed.
Edited by:
Marie-Isabelle Baraton,
Irina V. Uvarova
Imprint: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
Volume: 16
Dimensions:
Height: 240mm,
Width: 160mm,
Spine: 17mm
Weight: 1.020kg
ISBN: 9780792369257
ISBN 10: 0792369254
Series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry
Pages: 317
Publication Date: 31 March 2001
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Further / Higher Education
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
From nature through art to fine particle technology.- New superhard materials based on nanostructured high-melting compounds: Achievements and perspectives.- Nanostructured metal films: Polyol synthesis, characterization and properties.- Chemical phenomena at the surface of nanoparticles.- Amphiphilic templates in the synthesis of nanostructured composites — From particles to extended structures.- Effect of water-soluble alumoxycarboxylates on the properties of alumina molded by die pressing.- New water thinnable polymeric binders in die pressing of alumina powders.- Electrical conduction in iron oxide powder coated with polymethyl methacrylate.- From nanosize powders to a diesel soot converter.- Nanocrystalline nickel and nickel-alumina films produced by DC and pulsed DC electroplating.- Formation of fine-dispersion structures by electric-spark, laser and magnetron coating with AlN-TiB2/ZrB2 composite materials.- Optical gradient glasses obtained using the method of high-temperature isothermal centrifugation.- Graded structures developed by laser processing of powder materials.- Microwave processing of nanostructured and functional gradient materials.- Application of advanced CCD camera system for diagnostics of spraying particles in-flight.- Laser sintering of multilayer gradient materials.- Rate-controlled sintering of nanostructured titanium nitride powders.- Properties of nanocrystalline titanium nitride-based materials prepared by high-pressure sintering.- Compaction and elastic relaxation of fullerite powder.- Nanostructured materials for microstructural control of thermal properties.- Conventional and new materials for thermal barrier coatings.- Thermal expansion and wear properties of centrifugally produced Al-Si/SiC MMCs.- Topical problems in the theory oftechnological processes for the nanostructured materials preparation.- Nanostructured carbon coatings on silicon carbide: Experimental and theoretical study.- Reinforced n-AlN ceramics.- Structure and strength of ceramic multilayered composites.- Analysis of layered composites with crack deflection controlled by layer thickness.- On some problems of bending and vibrations of thin piezoceramic plates.- Quasicrystalline materials. Structure and mechanical properties.- MD simulation of the ion-stimulated processes in Si surface layers.- Phase relations and nanocrystalline alloys in the ternary systems ZrO2 (HfO2)-Y2O3-La2O3 (Eu2O3, Er2O3).- Author Index.
