Nanostructured Films and Coatings

1. Gas phase synthesis of nanostructured films and coatings.- 2. Electrodeposited nanostructured films and coatings: synthesis, structure, properties and applications.- 3. Nanostructured carbon coatings.- 4. Semiconductor quantum dot heterostructures (growth and applications).- 5. Chemical processing of nanostructured coatings.- 6. Nanostructured coatings of inner surfaces in microporous matrixes.- 7. Electroless deposited nanostructured NiCo films.- 8. Nanoscaled magnetic electrodeposited structures on the basis of ion group metals: preparation, structure, magnetic and magnetoresistive properties.- 9. Nanodispersed refractory compounds in the electrodeposited metal coatings.- 10. Thermal sprayed nanostructured hard coatings.- 11. Synthesis and characterization of nanocomposite coatings.- 12. Nano-engineered thermoelectric coating.- 13. Photoluminescence from pressure-annealed nanostructured silicon dioxide and nitride films.- 14. CoPt and FePt thin films for high density recording media.- 15. Unidirectional anisotropy in manganite based ferromagneticantiferromagnetic multilayers.- 16. Surface characterization of nanostructured coatings: study of nanocrystalline SnO2 gas sensors.- 17. Phase differentiation and characterization of nanostructured composites by synchrotron radiation techniques.- 18. X-ray study of microstructure and grain boundary statistics in nanocrystalline materials.- 19. XRD strain and stress determination in nanostructured films and coatings.- 20. Interfaces in nanostructured films and coatings.- 21. Nanoscale elastic properties of dislocations and disclinations.- 22. Study of porous silicon formation and silicon-on-porous silicon epitaxy (computational modelling).- 23. Evolution of phase composition and associated properties in the process of growthof nanostructured films.- 24. Review of fatigue of coatings/substrates.- 25. Nanoindentation /nanoscratching and stress studies in mono-lithic and nanolayered amorphous carbon films.- 26. Formation of nanostructured surface regions under a concentrated load.- 27. Non-destructive mechanical characterisation of mechanical properties of non-homogeneous nanostructured coatings.- 28. High refractive index Si/SiOx based nanocomposites.- 29. Preparation and characterisation of metallic thin films for elec-troluminescent devices based on porous silicon.- 30. Photoelectrochemical behavior of chlorophyll a in thin films.- 31. Lean-burn natural gas engine exhaust remediation using nano-structured catalysts and coatings.- 32. Polymer-layered silicate nanocomposites: emerging scientific and commercial opportunities.- 33. Office of Naval Research initiative on wear resistant nanostructured materials.