Book description
This book provides a clear and understandable text for users and
developers of advanced engineered materials, particularly in the area of
thin films, and addresses fundamentals of modifying the optical,
electrical, photo-electric, triboligical, and corrosion resistance of
solid surfaces and adding functionality to solids by engineering their
surface, structure, and electronic, magnetic and optical structure. Thin
film applications are emphasized. Through the inclusion of multiple
clear examples of the technologies, how to use them,and the synthesis
processes involved, the reader will gain a deep understanding of the
purpose, goals, and methodology of surface engineering and engineered materials.
Virtually every advance in thin film, energy, medical, tribological
materials technologies has resulted from surface engineering and
engineered materials. Surface engineering involves structures and
compositions not found naturally in solids and is used to modify the
surface properties of solids and involves application of thin film
coatings, surface functionalization and activation, and plasma
treatment. Engineered materials are the future of thin film
technology. Engineered structures such as superlattices,
nanolaminates, nanotubes, nanocomposites, smart materials, photonic
bandgap materials, metamaterials, molecularly doped polymers and
structured materials all have the capacity to expand and increase the
functionality of thin films and coatings used in a variety of
applications and provide new applications. New advanced deposition
processes and hybrid processes are being used and developed to deposit
advanced thin film materials and structures not possible with
conventional techniques a decade ago. Properties can now be engineered
into thin films that achieve performance not possible a decade ago.
Peter Martin worked at Battelle, Pacific Northwest
Laboratory (BNW) for over 29 years where he currently holds an
Emeritus Laboratory Fellow appointment, and specializes in developing
thin film coatings for energy, biomedical, space and defense
applications. He pioneered the use of reactive magnetron sputtering
technology to fabricate novel and advanced optical coating materials
and specializes in large area optical and thin film coating
development. He has also led development of high performance large
area ground-based and space-based laser mirrors for DOD
applications.
Dr. Martin has written over 400 technical
publications. He has won three R&D 100 Awards for his work in
microfabrication and barrier coatings for flat panel displays, has two
FLC awards, was awarded Battelle Technology of the Year (2003) for his
work with the photolytic artificial lung, and voted Distinguished
Inventor and PNNL 2005 Inventor of the Year. He has 26 US patents and
numerous foreign and pending patents. He also teaches short courses on
smart materials and energy materials and applications.
