Recent Advances in Nanoscale Multilayer Thin Films/Foils
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Thin Films".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 357
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nanomaterials; reactive multilayers; intermetallics; sputtering; joining; self-healing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We invite researchers to submit original innovative research works to this Special Issue on “Recent Advances in Nanoscale Multilayer Thin Films/Foils”. Nanomultilayers are composed of alternating layers of at least two materials, with a total thickness of between 0.1 and 300 mm, and with a nanometric modulation period (bilayer thickness). Nanomultilayers have been used for mechanical applications due to their improved mechanical behaviour. Multilayer thin films can also be used for preparing intermetallic coatings. In addition, when the alternating layers are constituted by materials characterized by a large heat of formation and high adiabatic reaction temperature—reactive multilayers—they can be used as highly localized heat sources for several applications, including joining, igniters, power sources, or car airbag initiators. Different combinations of metallic, polymeric, and ceramic materials can be found in the composition of nanoscale multilayer thin films/foils prepared by vapour deposition techniques, among which magnetron sputtering has stood out.
This Special Issue will cover the recent progresses and new developments regarding all aspects of nanoscale multilayer thin films/foils, including production, modelling, characterization, testing, and application. From the application perspective, contributions focusing the use of reactive nanomultilayers/nanofoils for joining purposes are welcome.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Nanomaterials and interfaces
- Energetic materials
- Magnetron sputtering
- Phase transformations
- Intermetallic compounds
- Reactive multilayers
- Self-propagating reactions
- Modelling and numerical simulations
- Stresses in multilayer thin films or foils
- Size effects
- Mechanical behaviour
- Fracture and crack growth
- Biomedical applications
- Joining applications
Dr. Ana Sofia Ramos
Guest Editor
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