"Multilayer Thin Films: Versatile Applications for Materials Engineering" ed. by Sukumar Basu

This book includes thirteen chapters related to the preparations, characterizations, and applications in the modern research of materials engineering. The evaluation of nanomaterials in the form of different shapes, sizes, and volumes needed for utilization in different kinds of gadgets and devices. This book will be useful to the postgraduate and research students as this is a multidisciplinary subject.

Since the recently developed two-dimensional carbon materials are proving to be immensely important for new configurations in the miniature scale in the modern technology, it is imperative to innovate various atomic and molecular arrangements for the modifications of structural properties. Of late, graphene and graphene-related derivatives have been proven as the most versatile two-dimensional nanomaterials with superb mechanical, electrical, electronic, optical, and magnetic properties. To understand the in-depth technology, an effort has been made to explain the basics of nano dimensional materials. The importance of nano particles in various aspects of nano technology is clearly indicated. There is more than one chapter describing the use of nanomaterials as sensors. In this volume, an effort has been made to clarify the use of such materials from non-conductor to highly conducting species.

Contents
1.A Review on Metal Oxide-Graphene Derivative Nano-Composite Thin Film Gas Sensors
2.Crystalline Silicon Nitride Films on Si(111): Growth Mechanism, Surface Structure and Chemistry down to Atomic Scale
3.Nanostructured Silicon Sensors
4.Environmental Gas Sensors Based on Nanostructured Thin Films
5.Synthesis and Characterization of CoO-ZnO-Based Nanocomposites for Gas-Sensing Applications
6.Metal Organic Frameworks-Based Optical Thin Films
7.Nanoscale Optical Patterning of Amorphous Silicon Carbide for High-Density Data Archiving
8.Multilayered and Chemiresistive Thin and Thick Film Gas Sensors for Air Quality Monitoring
9.Nano Layers of 2D Graphene Versus Graphene Oxides for Sensing Hydrogen Gas
10.Multilayered Nanostructures Integrated with Emerging Technologies
11.Spin Transport in Nanowires Synthesized Using Anodic Nanoporous Alumina Films
12.Concepts for Designing Tailored Thin Film Surfaces with Potential Biological Applications
13.Multilayer Thin Films on Fine Particles