Special Topics on Materials Science and Technology - The Italian Panorama

This volume collects selected papers presented and discussed during the 9th National Conference organized by the Italian Association of Materials Engineering, AIMAT www.aimat.it, from June 29th to July 2nd 2008 at Piano di Sorrento (Napoli, Italy). It gives a valuable representation of some highlights on the research and development activities running in 21 Italian Universities and Research Centers in the field of Material Science and Engineering. All the reported research lines are focused onto a methodological approach which takes into account scientific issues together with engineering aspects related to real applications.