Elsevier Smart Thin Films and Nanomaterials for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Beyond (Vacuum and Thin-Film Deposition Technologies)

Smart Thin Films and Nanomaterials for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Beyond overviews various smart thin films and nanomaterials, offering information on their synthesis, properties, and applications that utilize their electrical, magnetic, and optical properties. By providing insights into these functional materials, the book presents potential pathways for exploring novel phases, optimizing their properties, and tailoring them to suitable forms prior to prototype testing for a range of applications. It focuses on different classes of smart nanomaterials targeting a broad spectrum of disciplines and applications – including engineering, medicine, biotechnology and materials science – that are all aligned with the evolution of Industry 4.0. Smart nanomaterials are notable for their advantages over other materials in the areas of cost, ease of processing, and tunable magnetic, electrical, and optical properties, and they show great promise for the development of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and beyond. Provides in-depth coverage of smart films and nanomaterials, emphasizing advanced synthesis and fabrication methods Clearly discusses the relationships between composition, structure, and properties of functional materials Addresses specific difficulties encountered in the development of nanomaterials, such as process control and design challenges