Nanocoatings and Ultra-Thin Films

Contributor contact details Introduction Part I: Technologies Chapter 1: Current and advanced coating technologies for industrial applications Abstract: 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Electro-and electroless chemical plating 1.3 Conversion coatings 1.4 Chemical and physical vapor deposition (CVD and PVD) 1.5 Spray coating 1.6 Other coating techniques 1.7 New lightweight materials 1.8 Trends in environmentally friendly coatings, self-assembling and self-cleaning coatings 1.9 Trends in nanocoatings 1.10 New composite and powder coatings 1.11 Advanced polymers and fillers 1.12 Developments in coating processes 1.13 Acknowledgements Chapter 2: Nanostructured thin films from amphiphilic molecules Abstract: 2.1 Langmuir monolayer 2.2 Amphiphilic polymers 2.3 Dendrons and dendrimers 2.4 Metal/semiconductor nanoparticles 2.5 2-D arrays of colloidal spheres 2.6 Conclusions 2.7 Acknowledgements Chapter 3: Chemical and physical vapor deposition methods for nanocoatings Abstract: 3.1 Substrate preparation for ultra-thin films and functional graded nanocoatings 3.2 Paradigm of functional graded layer-by-layer coating fabrication 3.3 Nanocoating fabrication methods 3.4 Physical vapor deposition-based technologies 3.5 Chemical vapor deposition-based technologies 3.6 Conclusion and future trends Chapter 4: Surface-initiated polymerisation for nanocoatings Abstract: 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Physisorption and chemisorption, equilibrium and irreversible adsorption 4.3 Preparation of surface-bound polymer layers 4.4 Properties and applications 4.5 Acknowledgement Chapter 5: Methods for analysing nanocoatings and ultra-thin films Abstract: 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Electrochemical methods 5.3 Surface-sensitive analytical methods for ultra-thin film coatings 5.4 Spectroscopic, microscopic and acoustic techniques for ultra-thin film coatings 5.5 Conclusions 5.6 Acknowledgements Part II: Applications Chapter 6: Conventional and advanced coatings for industrial applications: an overview Abstract: 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Conventional coating technologies for the automotive and aerospace industries 6.3 Advanced coating technologies for the automotive and aerospace industries 6.4 Packaging applications 6.5 Coatings for the electronics and sensors industry 6.6 Paints and enamels industry 6.7 Biomedical implants industry 6.8 Acknowledgements Chapter 7: Nanocoatings for architectural glass Abstract: 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Spectrally selective glass 7.3 Dynamic smart glazings 7.4 Glass surface protections 7.5 Conclusion 7.6 Acknowledgements Chapter 8: Nanocoatings and ultra-thin films for packaging applications Abstract: 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Nanomaterials in packaging 8.3 High barrier packaging 8.4 Anti-microbial packaging 8.5 Nanosensors in packaging 8.6 Packaging as a drug carrier and for drug delivery 8.7 Nanotechnology solutions for the packaging waste problem 8.8 Anti-static packaging applications 8.9 Regulation and ethical issues in the new packaging industry 8.10 Future trends Chapter 9: Advanced protective coatings for aeronautical applications Abstract: 9.1 Introduction: corrosion in aeronautical structures 9.2 Types of corrosion in aircraft 9.3 Factors influencing corrosion 9.4 Corrosion of aluminum and its alloys 9.5 Corrosion of magnesium alloys 9.6 Protective coatings in aerospace engineering 9.7 Pre-treatments 9.8 Anodizing coatings 9.9 Functional nanocoatings in aerospace engineering 9.10 Nanocoatings for detection of corrosion and mechanical damage 9.11 Self-healing coatings: nanostructured coatings with triggered responses for corrosion protection 9.12 Application of nanomaterials for protection of aeronautical structures 9.13 Conclusion and future trends Chapter 10: Nanoimprint lithographic (NIL) techniques for electronics applications Abstract: 10.1 Lithography techniques and nanoimprint lithography (NIL) fundamentals 10.2 Thermoplastic and laser-assisted NIL 10.3 Photo-assisted nanoimprinting 10.4 Soft NIL 10.5 Extensions of soft NIL 10.