Advanced Ceramics and Nanocomposites of Half-metallic Ferromagnetic CrO2 for Magnetic, GMR and Optical Sensors.- Functional Nanostructured Thin Films.- MEMS for Nanotechnology: Top-down Perspective.- Nanostructured Biomaterials.- Self-Assembly and Supramolecular Assembly in Nanophase Separated Polymers and Thin Films.- Nanostructures: Sensor and Catalytic Properties.- Nanostructured High-Anisotropy Materials for High-Density Magnetic Recording.- High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy for Nanocharacterization.- Applications of Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) in the Field of Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites.

This is the first book about functional nanostructures. Nanocrystalline materials exhibit outstanding properties and represent a new class of structural materials having a wide range of applications. In particular, there is considerable interest in developing nanocrystalline materials to be used as functional materials in aerospace applications, automotive industry, wear applications, etc. Future progress in these high technological applications of nanocrystalline materials depends on development of new methods of their fabrication and understanding of the underlying nano-scale and interface effects causing their unique mechanical properties.