• The Importance of coatings
• First line of defense
• Economics and the environment
• Integral part of a design
• Challenges
• Compatibility
• Close control of deposition
• Process modeling
• Maintaining pace of research
• Abundance of new technologies
• Industrial
• Electronic
• Medical
• Methodology

Chapter 2 Industrial Advances

• Thin film analysis and deposition
• Technology incubation
• Molecular alignment
• Focusing on deposition
• Composite reinforcements
• Thin film solid oxide fuel cells
• Controlled welding
• Mechanical properties of ultrananocrystalline diamond
• Fuel cell thin-film catalyst layer
• Engine operation in high-temperature environments
• Table 2-1 Thermal Barrier Coatings
• Hotplates for research
• Thin film fundamentals
• Intelligent glass
• CVD diamond coating
• Ion beam imprinter
• Interior PVD
• Non-toxic paint
• Engineer mechanical properties
• Research consortia
• Near-frictionless carbon coatings
• Absorbing pigment
• Pulsed-laser deposition
• Pollutant cleanup technique
• Self-assembling nanocomposites
• Surface science
• Diamond layer
• Thin film strength
• Table 2-2 Applications to Benefit from Thin Film Technology
• Superconductor power cables
• Surface point distribution
• Nanoscale forces
• Ultra-black coatings
• Water-repellent coating
• Virus trap
• Releasable coatings

Chapter 3 Electronic Advances

• Carbon nanoparticles
• Increasing charge mobility
• Chip-level copper circuitry
• Surface polymerization
• Flexible TFTs
• Hard disk drives
• Materials chemistry
• Combinatorial synthesis
• Organic diode
• Microlubricants
• Molecular films
• Robust flexible films
• Self-assembling molecules
• Composite nanocables
• Nanolaminates
• Nanopatterned medium
• Nanoscale circuits
• Nanoscale transistor
• Next-generation displays
• Substrate films
• Ultrathin polymers
• Electro-optical modulator
• Electric polarization
• Polymer assisted deposition
• Thin film transistors
• Transparent electronics
• Quantum dots
• Ordered nanocarbons

Chapter 4 Detection Advances

• Chip-size detector
• Coating mesh
• Tiny bubbles
• Optical fiber probe
• Near-infrared optical sensors
• Hydrosilylation chemistry
• Silicon-based photodetector
• Hydrogen sensors
• Conducting polymer films
• Proteins for detection

Chapter 5 Solar Power Advances

• Antireflection coating
• Hydrogen from solar panels
• Plastic solar cells
• Thin film photovoltaics

Chapter 6 Medical Advances

• Bacterial adhesion
• Antifouling implants
• Asthma drugs
• Table 5-1 Facts About Asthma
• Bioinert coatings
• Biological sensors
• Molecular self-assembly
• Carbon coatings
• DNA on a leash
• Drug-eluting stents
• Heart valves
• Microencapsulation
• Nanoscale probes
• Nanoparticle quantum dots
• Nerve regeneration
• Live-animal imaging
• Self healing bandage
• Implanted sensors
• Powder coating
• Drug-resistant infections
• Steroid-coated DNA

Appendix Patents and Selected Readings
For Further Reading