Summary

Learn more about foundational and advanced topics in polymer thin films and coatings besides species with this powerful two-volume resource

The two-volume Inorganic and Organic Thin Films: Fundamentals, Fabrication, and Applications delivers a foundational resource for current researchers and commercial users involved in the design and fabrication of thin films. The book offers newcomers to the field a thorough description of new design theory, fabrication methods, and applications of advanced thin films.

Readers will discover the physics and chemistry underlying the manufacture of new thin films and coatings in this leading new resource that promises to become a handbook for future applications of the technology.

This one-stop reference brings together all important aspects of inorganic and polymeric thin films and coatings, including construction, assembly, deposition, functionality, patterning, and characterization. Explorations of their applications in industries as diverse as information technology, new energy, biomedical engineering, aerospace, and oceanographic engineering round out this fulsome exploration of one of the most exciting and rapidly developing areas of scientific and industrial research today. Readers will also learn from:

A comprehensive introduction to the progress of thin films and coatings as well as fundamentals in functional thin films and coatings
An exploration of multi-layered magnetic thin films for electron transport control and signal sensing, including giant magnetoresistance, colossal magnetoresistance, tunneling magnetoresistance, and the quantum anomalous Holzer effect
An in time summary of high-quality magneto-optics, nanophotonics, spin waves and spintronics using bismuth-substituted iron garnet thin films as examples
A thorough discussion of template-assisted fabrication of nanostructure thin films for ultrasensitive detection of chemicals and biomolecules
A treatment of biomass derived functional films and coatings

Perfect for materials scientists and inorganic chemists, Inorganic and Organic Thin Films will also earn a place in the libraries of solid state physicists and physical chemists working in private industry, as well as polymer and surface chemists who seek to improve their understanding of thin films and coatings.

Author Biography

Yujun Song is a professor in School of Mathematics and Physics at USTB in Beijing, China, focusing in surface and interface controlled fabrication of nanohybrid thin films and their applications in magneto-optical effects and biosensing using template-assisted physical vapour deposition process or self-assemble of nanomaterials. Having obtained his Ph. D degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from Beijing University of Chemical Technology, he spent 5 years working for Louisiana State University in nano and microfabrication and their application in bio-nanotechnology, 2 years working for Old Dominion University in localized surface plasmon resonance of noble metal arrayed thin films and their application as single nanoparticle biosensors, 7 years working for Beihang University in template-assisted growth process of nanostructural thin films and microfluidic synthesis of nanoparticles. He also spent one year working at University of Toronto as a visiting professor in semiconductor nanowires, before taking up his present appointment at USTB. Professor Song has authored over 70 scientific publications (including one book editor, authors for 8 book chapters, 2 review articles) and issued 21 invention patents.

Volume 1
1. Introduction: the progress and future of functional thin films and coatings
2. Fundamental in functional thin films and coatings
(1) Basic physics in functional thin films and coatings
(2) Surface and interface theory in functional thin films
(3) Magnetic, optical, electronic, thermal, piezoelectric and thermal-electric properties in thin films and coatings
(4) Relations of compositions, structures and properties of functional thin films and coatings
3. Progress in design, fabrication, surface and interface control of thin films and coatings
4. MEMs, NEMs and AEMs for modern and next generation of computing and communication technology
5. Semiconductor thin films for information technology
6. Multi-layered magnetic thin films for electron transport control and signal sensing: from GMR, CMR, TMR to quantum anomalous Holzer effect
7. Magnetooptical thin films for wave guiding and controlling
8. Magnetoacoustic films for navigation of underwater vehicles
9. Metamaterial or meta-structural films for EM wave shielding
10. Light harvest films for solar cells
11. Thermoelectric films for electricity generation
12. Surface enhanced Raman scattering films for ultrasensitive sensing of chemicals and biomolecules
13. Thermal barrier coating for aerial engines
Volume 2
14. Polymeric permeable membranes in desalination and substance separation
15. Polymer composite coating for anti-corrosion
16. Organic-based thin film for optoelectronic devices
17. Barrier functional polymer
18. Polymer-based films for
artificial intelligence
19. Organic-inorganic films for new energy (fuel cell, solar cell)
20. Electromagnetic compatibility polymer-based films
21. Flexible optical stealth polymer-based thin film or coating
22. Organic anti-static coatings
23. Polymer-based fluid mechanical optimized coating
24. Multifunctional organic-inorganic thin films
25. Prospective for advanced functional thin films

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