Surface Processing
Subtitle: Laser, Lamp, Plasma (European Materials Research Society Symposia Proceedings)
Contributors: I.W. Boyd (Editor); J. Perri&egrave;re (Editor); M. Stuke (Editor)
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Published: March 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 672
ISBN-13: 9780080436104
Subjects: Engineering: general; Surface-coating technology; Science; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Engineering - General; General; Nanotechnology; Science / Physics; Reference; Congresses; Effect of radiation on; Industrial applications; Lasers; Sputtering (Physics); Surfaces (Technology)
First sentence: Composite materials consisting of metallic clusters or crystals of nanometric dimensions embedded in an insulator host exhibit special optical, electrical, and magnetic properties which have opened many possibilities for their use in various technological applications.