Materials Science and Nanotechnology I

This special volume reflects the latest advances in, and applications of, materials science and nanotechnology.Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).It comprises 170 peer-reviewed papers selected (for particular quality and relevance) from the over 300 originally submitted by universities and industrial concerns all over the world. The contents cover the topics of materials science and technology, building materials, nanoscience and nanotechnology, and micro/nano electro-mechanical systems. This book will thus provide readers with a broad overview of the latest advances in the field of materials science and nanotechnology and constitute a valuable reference work for researchers in the fields of materials science and nanotechnology.Chunliang Zhang (Guangzhou U., China) and Liangchi Zhang (U. of New South Wales, Australia) collect 169 papers from the November 2012 International Conference on Materials Science and Nanotechnology (ICMSN 2012), held in Guangzhou, China. Sections are devoted to material science and technology, nanotechnology and micro/nano electromechanical systems, building materials, and nanoscience and nanotechnology. Papers address the effects, properties, optimization, fabrication, heat treatment and deformation, superplasticity, preparation, characterization, synthesis, processing, crystallization behavior, structure, numerical simulation, and other aspects of various materials. Contributors are materials scientists, engineers, and other scientists from around the world.