Nanostructured Materials

The primary mission of the journal Nanostructured Materials is to provide a broad interdisciplinary forum for the effective dissemination of scientific and technical information on the synthesis, processing, theory, computational modeling, structure, properties, performance and applications of nanostructured materials. The materials of interest include metals, ceramics, polymers, semiconductors, superconductors, and magnetic, optical and electronic materials, and their composites. Synthesis routes of interest include chemical and physical vapor deposition, mechanical attrition, gas phase pyrolysis and condensation, electrodeposition, cryochemical synthesis, laser pyrolysis, gel synthesis, and other methods with applications for structural materials, coatings, thin film devices, membranes, catalysts, sensors, etc.The following are major areas of concentration of the journal:Clusters and cluster assembled materials, Structure and characterization of nanophases, Synthesis and processing of nanostructured materials: physical, chemical, mechanical and biological methods, Properties: mechanical, electrical, optical, rheological, magnetic, etc., Performance and applications: tribology, corrosion, etc., Related fields such as: nanolithography, nanodevices, etc. Nanostructured Materials will rapidly publish mainly short research papers and regular invited review papers on scientific and technical issues in this rapidly evolving field. The journal will strive to maintain an international representation in published papers, and will, from time to time, co-sponsor regional, national and international meetings.

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A report is available on the Third International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, Koma, Hawaii, July 7-12 1996 - you can access this through http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/report3ICNM/.