Nanomaterials and Surface Engineering

Professor Jamal Takadoum is Deputy Director of the Micro Nano Sciences & Systems department of FEMTO-ST Institute and Professor of Materials Science at the National Engineering Graduate School of Mechanics and Microtechnologies of Besan?on (ENSMM) in France.

Preface xv
Jamal TAKADOUM

Chapter 1. Architecture of Thin Solid Films by the GLAD Technique 1
Nicolas MARTIN, Kevin ROBBIE and Luc CARPENTIER

1.1. Introduction 1

1.2. The GLAD technique 2

1.3. Resulting properties 8

1.4. Conclusions and outlooks 23

1.5. Bibliography 24

Chapter 2. Transparent Polymer Nanocomposites: A New Class of Functional Materials 31
Anne CHRISTMANN, Claire LONGUET and José-Marie LOPEZ CUESTA

2.1. Introduction 31

2.2. Nanoparticle modifications 32

2.3. Nanoparticles and nanocomposites 39

2.4. Conclusion 45

2.5. Bibliography 47

Chapter 3. Nanostructures by Ion Irradiation 53
Jean-Claude PIVIN

3.1. Introduction 53

3.2. Physical bases 55

3.3. Nanostructures produced in ballistic regime 59

3.4. Nanostructures produced in electronic slowing down regime 68

3.5. Conclusions 76

3.6. Appendix: basic formula of ion stopping 77

3.7. Bibliography 82

Chapter 4. Microencapsulation 89
Claude ROQUES-CARMES and Christine MILLOT

4.1. Introduction 89

4.2. The processes of microencapsulation 91

4.3. Kinetics of release 100

4.4. Conclusion 105

4.5. Bibliography 107

Chapter 5. Decorative PVD Coatings 109
Raymond CONSTANTIN, Pierre-Albert STEINMANN and Christian MANASTERSKI

5.1. Introduction 109

5.2. Concept of color 110

5.3. Representation and measurement of color 112

5.4. Golden PVD coatings 113

5.5. Gray color PVD coatings 132

5.6. Black color PVD coatings 138

5.7. Blue color PVD coatings 145

5.8. PVD coatings with interferential color 145

5.9. Decorative PVD coatings and corrosion resistance 150

5.10. Bibliography 155

Chapter 6. Microwave Chemistry and Nanomaterials: From Laboratory to Pilot Plant 163
Didier STUERGA and Thierry CAILLOT

6.1. Introduction 163

6.2. General context 163

6.3. Microwave nanomaterials: from single oxides to metallic clusters 167

6.4. Microwave and inorganic condensation processes 182

6.5. The RAMO system and the MIT process 186

6.6. From laboratory to pilot 191

6.7. Bibliography 192

Chapter 7. Aluminum-Based Nanostructured Coatings Deposited by Magnetron Sputtering for Corrosion Protection of Steels 207
Frédéric SANCHETTE, Cédric DUCROS and Alain BILLARD

7.1. Introduction 207

7.2. Aluminum-based nanostructured coatings deposited by magnetron sputtering for corrosion protection of steels 208

7.3. Conclusion 224

7.4. Bibliography  224

Chapter 8. Nanolayered Hard Coatings for Mechanical Applications 227
Frédéric SANCHETTE, Cédric DUCROS and Guillaume RAVEL

8.1. Introduction 227

8.2. Towards an ultrahard coating – nanostructuring of transition-elements nitrides obtained by cathodic arc evaporation 230

8.3. Towards a low friction coefficient coating: nanostructuring of carbon- and silicon-based materials elaborated by
plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition 240

8.4. Conclusion 243

8.5. Bibliography 243

Chapter 9. Plating of Nanocomposite Coatings 247
Patrice BERÇOT and Jamal TAKADOUM

9.1. Introduction 247

9.2. Electrolytic co-deposition of metal/particles and modeling 248

9.3. Parameters of the electrolytic composite coatings 254

9.4. Characterization of the composite coatings 260

9.5. Domains of application of the composite coatings 263

9.6. Conclusion 263

9.7. Bibliography 264

Chapter 10. Nanostructured Coatings 271
Guy BARET and Pierre Paul JOBERT

10.1. Introduction 271

10.2. Nanomaterials 272

10.3. Applications 278

10.4. Nanopowders: instructions for use 288

10.5. Economical aspects 290

10.6. Conclusion  291

10.7. Bibliography 291

Chapter 11. Characterization of Coatings: Hardness, Adherence and Internal Stresses 293
Jamal TAKADOUM

11.1. Hardness 293

11.2. Coating adhesion 304

11.3. Residual stresses in coatings 315

11.4. Bibliography 323

Chapter 12. High Temperature Oxidation Resistance of Nanocomposite Coatings 329
David PILLOUD and Jean-François PIERSON

12.1. Introduction 329

12.2. Nanocomposite coating concept 330

12.3. Methods for nanocomposite coating elaboration 331

12.4. Structural characterization 333

12.5. High temperature oxidation behavior 336

12.6. Conclusion 343

12.7. Bibliography 344

List of Authors 349

Index 353

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