Surface Engineering: Science and Technology II

These proceedings from the 2002 TMS Annual Meeting address the scientific issues related to surface engineering phenomenon in synthesis, characterization, and application for all materials. This collection of papers provides a multidisciplinary discussion on surface-related phenomena by which materials performance may be enhanced through engineered interfaces and surface modification technologies. Applied experimental and theoretical aspects that highlight, develop, and utilize approaches to understand and improve surface phenomena are also included. A collection of papers from the 2002 TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition held in Seattle, Washington, February 17-21, 2002.

Table of Contents:
Preface. Nanomaterials. Modifying the Surface of Nanoparticles by Coating (D.V. Szabó, S. Schlabach, B. Xu and D. Vollath). Formation of Photonic Nanocomposites by Surface Engineering Over Inorganic Nanoparticles (N. Kambe). Micro To Nano-Small Research For Fuels and Combustion (C.E. Bunker, J.R. Gord, T.R. Meyer, M.S. Brown, V.R. Katta, D.A. Zweifel, B.A. Harruff and Y-P. Sun). Formation of Gold Nanowires with MgO Surfaces (A. Ueda, R.R. Mu, V.C. Saunders, T.C. Livingston, M.H. Wu and D.O. Henderson). Dense Deposition of Nanocomposites By a Compact YAG Laser (M. Senna and K. Hamada). Aqueous Chemical Growth of Advanced Nanostructured Metal Oxides Thin Films (L. Vayssieres). Purification of Aluminum Nitride Nanosized Powder Synthesized by Pulsed Wire Discharge (C. Cho, Y. Kinemuchi, T. Suzuki, H. Suematsu, W. Jiang and K. Yatsui). Engineered Nanomaterial Hard Coatings on Metal and Polymer Substrates (A. Singhal and G. Skandan). Synthesis of Nickel Ferrite Nanosized Powders by Pulsed Wire Discharge (K. Ishizaka, Y. Kinemuchi, T. Suzuki, H. Suematsu, W. Jiang and K. Yatsui). Reinforced Epoxies Using Carbon Nanotubes (R.A. Bley, D. Beascoechea and R. Niedner). Tunable Self-Assembly of Carbon Nanotubes on Silica Surface (Z.J. Zhang, B.Q. Wei and P.M. Ajayan). Issues in Surface Engineering. Laser Surface Modification of Electronic Properties in Wide Band Gap Materials (I.A. Salama, N.R. Quick and A. Kar). Preparation of TiFe Thin Films of Hydrogen Absorbing Alloy by Intense Pulsed Ion-Beam Evaporation (T. Saikusa, T. Suzuki, H. Suematu, W. Jiang and K. Yatsui). Surface Modification of Austenitic Stainless Steels (H. Ocken and R. Asay). Synthesis of Functional Materials using Pulsed Power Technology (K. Yatsui, W. Jiang, H. Suematsu, T. Suzuki, Y. Kinemuchi and S.C. Yang). Surface Modification of P/M TiC Reinforced Iron Matrix Composites (O.N. Dogan, D.E. Alman, J.A. Hawk and P. Danielson). Functionally Graded Materials Produced with High Power Lasers (J.T. De Hosson and Y. Pei). Advances in Coating Technology. Nucleation and Growth of Cubic Boron Nitride Under Different Substrate Bias (Q. Li, Y. Lifshitz, L.D. Marks, I. Bello and S.T. Lee). Role of Precursors on the Formation of CNX Deposited by PE-HF-CVD (D. Dumitriu and A. Karami). Optimization of Thermoelectric Properties in Boron Carbide Thin Films Prepared by Ion-Beam Evaporation (H. Suematsu, I. Ruiz, K. Kobayashi, M. Takeda, D. Shimbo, T. Suzuki, W. Jiang and K. Yatsui). Developing a MoSi2+ SiC Oxidation Resistance Coating for MO, a Prototype Refractory Metal (E.C. Hixson, G.G.W. Mustoe, J.J. Moore, H.J. Kleebe, D.L. Olson and C. Suryanarayana). The Influence of Particle Energy Distributions on the Microstructure and Properties of Reactively Sputtered Titanium Oxide and Titanium Nitride Thin Films (C. Muratore, J.J. Moore and J.A. Rees). Effects of Bias-Enhanced Nucleation and Growth of Diamond Films on Copper and Transition-Metal Alloy Substrates (A. Kumar and A.K. Sikder). Epitaxial Nucleation of Diamond Polytypes on Silicon by Direct Ion Beam Deposition (Q. Li, X.F. Duan, Y. Lifshitz, F.Y. Meng, N.G. Shang, I. Bello and S.T. Lee). Characterization of Materials. Development of Cermet Thin Films Coatings (B. Mishra, J. Zhou and F. Kustas). Relative Nanomechanical and Raman Studies of Diamond-Like Carbon Thin Films (J. Goldsmith, E. Sutter, J. Moore, B. Mishra and M. Crowder). Fabrication and Characterization of Mechanical Properties of Ultra-Thin Silicon Microcantilevers (P.B. Zantye, A.K. Sikder, R.K. Sharma and A. Kumar). Influence of Surface Roughness on Coercivity and Magnetic Interactions in CoCrX (X=Pt,Pd,Ta,B) Thin Film Media (M. Tarakci and S. Guruswamy). Mechanical Properties of Microstructural Evaluation of Chromium Containing Hard Coatings on Fe-Mn-Al Alloy (J-W. Lee and J.-G. Duh). Curvature Method as a Tool to Evaluate Shape Memory Effects for TiNiCu Thin Films (Y. Fu, H. Du and S. Zhang). Observation of Surface-Related Phenomena During In-situ Nanoindentation in a Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) (A.M. Minor, E.T. Lilleodden, E.A. Stach and J.W. Morris). Comparison in Characteristics of Electroless Deposited and Magnetron Sputtered Ni-P-W Coatings (F-B. Wu, Y.-Y. Tsai and J.-G. Duh). Oxidation/Corrosion/Nitridation/Diffusion. Factors Controlling In-Plane Cracking of Thermal Barrier Coatings (Z. Zhang, J. Kameda, A.H. Swanson, S. Sakurai and M. Sato). The Corrosion Behavior of PVD-Grown WC-(Ti1-xAlx) N Films Multilayers in 3.5%NaCl Solution (S.H. Ahn, J.H. Yoo, Y.S. Choi, J.G. Kim and J.G. Han). Ferritic Nitrocarburising in Fludised Bed (D.M. Fabijanic, P.D. Hodgson and G.L. Kelly). Surface Phenomena in Diffusion Limited Capillary Flow in a Reactive Porous Film (R. Asthana). Author Index. Subject Index.