CRC Press Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD): Advances, Technology and Applications (Series in Materials Science and Engineering)

This book offers a timely and complete overview on chemical vapour deposition (CVD) and its variants for the processing of nanoparticles, nanowires, nanotubes, nanocomposite coatings, thin and thick films, and composites. Chapters discuss key aspects, from processing, material structure and properties to practical use, cost considerations, versatility, and sustainability. The author presents a comprehensive overview of CVD and its potential in producing high performance, cost-effective nanomaterials and thin and thick films. Features Provides an up-to-date introduction to CVD technology for the fabrication of nanomaterials, nanostructured films, and composite coatings Discusses processing, structure, functionalization, properties, and use in clean energy, engineering, and biomedical grand challenges Covers thin and thick films and composites Compares CVD with other processing techniques in terms of structure/properties, cost, versatility, and sustainability Kwang-Leong Choy is the Director of the UCL Centre for Materials Discovery and Professor of Materials Discovery in the Institute for Materials Discovery at the University College London. She earned her D.Phil. from the University of Oxford, and is the recipient of numerous honors including the Hetherington Prize, Oxford Metallurgical Society Award, and Grunfeld Medal and Prize from the Institute of Materials (UK). She is an elected fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, and the Royal Society of Chemistry. About the Author Kwang Leong Choy [DPhil (oxon), DSc, FIMMM, FRSC, CSi] is a professor of Materials Discovery and Director of the UCL Institute for Materials Discovery. She has pioneered the novel electrostatic spray-assisted vapour deposition (a variant of CVD) technology, which is not only low cost, ecofriendly, and energy efficient, but also enhances coated product performance. Her contributions to the understanding of interactions between gaseous chemical species and solid substrates enables the control of the nucleation and growth of materials with a well-controlled structure and composition at the molecular level. This has led to the creation of high-performance ceramic films and new nanocomposite coatings. This technology has been successfully translated from the laboratory to industry, with the creation of two spin-off companies, and has led to Professor Choy being awarded the Grunfeld Memorial Award and Medal by the Institute of Materials for recognition of her professional contributions which have had significant impact on engineering applications. Many of her advanced nanostructured ceramic coating materials and CVD-based coating technologies have led to significant impact and been exploited for industrial applications. These include ceramiccoated fibre-reinforced composites, ceramic thermal barrier coatings, superthin film inorganic transparent conducting films for displays and thin film solar cells, as well as multifunctional nanocomposite coatings for tribological applications. She has authored over 250 peer-reviewed publications, including 5 books and 20 patents in nanomaterials, superthin/thin/thick films, and nanocomposite coatings for structural, functional, and biomedical applications. She has also contributed to the Handbook of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology by Academic Press (2000), which received an award of excellence from the Association of American Publishers. She has given over 150 plenary/keynote papers/ invited lectures. She is a fellow of the Institute for Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3), a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), and is a Chartered Scientist, CSci. She has been awarded Guest Professorships at the University of Uppsala (2001/03), Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE, 2010/2012), and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientist (2011/2013). She also participates in deve