Nanostructured Materials: Processing Properties, and Potential Applications
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Book Description
Nanostructure science and technology has become an identifiable, if very broad and multidisciplinary, field of research and emerging application in recent years. It is one of the most visible and growing research areas in materials science in its broadest sense. Nanostructured materials include atomic clusters, layered (lamellar) films, filamentary structures, and bulk nanostructured materials. The common thread to these materials is the nanoscale dimensionality, i.e. at least one dimension less than 100 nm, more typically less than 50 nm. In some cases, the physics of such nanoscale materials can be very different form the macroscale properties of the same substance. The different, often superior, properties that can occur is the driving force behind the explosion in research interest in these materials.
With the recent intense interest in this broad field, a number of books, articles and conferences have been published. The justification for yet another book is twofold. First, the speed of developments makes it necessary to record another “snapshot of the field.” Second, this book narrows the field into the study of synthesis, characterization, and properties relevant to applications that require bulk, and mainly inorganic materials.
About the Author
Carl C. Koch is a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at NC State University, and has been chosen as one of the five recipients of the 2001 Fellow Award from The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS). He received his Ph.D. in 1964 from Case Institute of Technology (now Case Western Reserve). He came to NC State in 1983 from Oak Ridge National Labs, where he was a Group Leader. He has served as director of graduate programs and currently serves as Associate Department Head for NC State’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Dr. Koch is the major researcher behind the discovery that metallic glasses could be produced through mechanical alloying. His research focuses on nanocrystalline materials, amorphization by mechanical attrition, mechanical alloying, rapid solidification, high temperature intermetallics, and oxide superconductors. He has published more than 190 papers and journal articles.
Nanostructured Materials: Processing Properties, and Potential Applications,C Koch,Taylor & Francis,0815514514,Engineering - General,General,Material Science,Nanostructured materials,Nanostructures,Science/Mathematics,Technology,Technology & Industrial Arts,Science / Nanostructures,Science / Physics
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