FOCUS 1:
Course Instructor/Lecturer
Professor Dr. h.c. Stan Veprek
Technical University Munich,
Germany
Structural, Functional and Superhard Nano-Structured Materials: scientific Fundamentals and Industrial applications:
1- Classification and required properties of different
types of nano-structured materials:
- Structural nanocomposites with high specific strength
- Functional nanocomposites for machine parts
- Hard, self-lubricant nanocomposites
- Superhard nanocomposites and heterostructures as
protective coating for machining tools
2- Structural nanocomposites: Present status and
future trends
3- Functional nanocomposites for machine parts,
- the role of the ratio of elastic modulus to hardness
for wear and examples of possible candidate coating
systems
- self-lubricant hard nanocomposites for harsh and
variable environment (humid-dry, low-high
temperature etc.)
- future trends
PRELIMINARY SUGGESTED READINGS:
Nanoscopic Materials: Size-Dependent Phenomena
E. Roduner The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge 2006
Processing and Properties of Nanocomposites
S. G. Advani, ed., World Scientific, Singapore 2007
Structural Nanocrystalline Materials
C. C. Koch, I. A. Ovidko, S. Seal and S. Veprek Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge 2007 |
|
FOCUS 2:
Course Instructor/Lecturer
Professor Dr. Sam Zhang
Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore
Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques: surface and structural analysis :
Materials characterization is necessary because there are many critical applications for materials nowadays with greater emphasis on material performance, especially in the current nanotechnology age.
The ability to analyze sub-micron defects or particulate contaminants is of critical importance to increasing product yield in a number industrial applications including: semiconductor device fabrication, hard disk read/write head fabrication, specialty mirrors, composite materials, etc.
The purpose of the course is to provide engineering graduate students, senior undergraduates and technical managers in surface and nanotechnology related materials industries an introductory course on modern materials characterization techniques, especially with respect of nanotechnology: Contact Angle, Surface Roughness, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, X-Ray Diffraction, Transmission Electron Microscopy, Auger Electron Spectroscopy , Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy.
This course makes special effort to concentrate on principles and applications, leaving lengthy (and usually intimidating to engineering students) derivations and formulations out of the scope, thus engineering students can concentrate on basic principles (qualitative) and applications of these modern marvel technologies.
PRELIMINARY SUGGESTED READINGS:
Materials Characterization Techniques
by Sam Zhang, Lin Li and Ashok Kumar,
ISBN 9781420042948
As supplementary reading in line with nanotechnology, especially nanocomposite films and coatings, the following book on this topic will help:
NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILMS AND COATINGS: Processing, Properties and Performance
by Sam Zhang and Nasar Ali,
published by Imperial College Press,
ISBN 978-1-86094-784-1; 1-86094-784-0 |
|
