Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD): Advances, Technology and Applications

This book offers a timely and complete overview on chemical vapour deposition (CVD) and its variants for the processing of nanoparticles, nanowires, nanotubes, nanocomposite coatings, thin and thick films, and composites. Chapters discuss key aspects, from processing, material structure and properties to practical use, cost considerations, versatility, and sustainability. The author presents a comprehensive overview of CVD and its potential in producing high performance, cost-effective nanomaterials and thin and thick films.

Features

• Provides an up-to-date introduction to CVD technology for the fabrication of nanomaterials, nanostructured films, and composite coatings
• Discusses processing, structure, functionalization, properties, and use in clean energy, engineering, and biomedical grand challenges
• Covers thin and thick films and composites
• Compares CVD with other processing techniques in terms of structure/properties, cost, versatility, and sustainability

Kwang-Leong Choy is the Director of the UCL Centre for Materials Discovery and Professor of Materials Discovery in the Institute for Materials Discovery at the University College London. She earned her D.Phil. from the University of Oxford, and is the recipient of numerous honors including the Hetherington Prize, Oxford Metallurgical Society Award, and Grunfeld Medal and Prize from the Institute of Materials (UK). She is an elected fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, and the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Kwang Leong Choy [DPhil (oxon), DSc, FIMMM,

FRSC, CSi] is a professor of Materials Discovery

and Director of the UCL Institute for Materials

Discovery. She has pioneered the novel electrostatic

spray-assisted vapour deposition (a variant of

CVD) technology, which is not only low cost, ecofriendly,

and energy efficient, but also enhances

coated product performance. Her contributions to

the understanding of interactions between gaseous

chemical species and solid substrates enables the

control of the nucleation and growth of materials

with a well-controlled structure and composition

at the molecular level. This has led to the

creation of high-performance ceramic films and

new nanocomposite coatings. This technology has

been successfully translated from the laboratory to

industry, with the creation of two spin-off companies,

and has led to Professor Choy being awarded

the Grunfeld Memorial Award and Medal by the

Institute of Materials for recognition of her professional

contributions which have had significant

impact on engineering applications.

Many of her advanced nanostructured ceramic

coating materials and CVD-based coating technologies

have led to significant impact and been exploited

for industrial applications. These include ceramiccoated

fibre-reinforced composites, ceramic thermal

barrier coatings, superthin film inorganic

transparent conducting films for displays and thin

film solar cells, as well as multifunctional nanocomposite

coatings for tribological applications.

She has authored over 250 peer-reviewed publications,

including 5 books and 20 patents in

nanomaterials, superthin/thin/thick films, and

nanocomposite coatings for structural, functional,

and biomedical applications. She has also

contributed to the Handbook of Nanostructured

Materials and Nanotechnology by Academic Press

(2000), which received an award of excellence

from the Association of American Publishers.

She has given over 150 plenary/keynote papers/

invited lectures. She is a fellow of the Institute for

Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3), a fellow

of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC),

and is a Chartered Scientist, CSci. She has been

awarded Guest Professorships at the University of

Uppsala (2001/03), Ningbo Institute of Materials

Technology and Engineering (NIMTE, 2010/2012),

and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Visiting Professorship for Senior International

Scientist (2011/2013). She also participates in developing

the European materials research roadmap

and represents the UK in the Materials Experts Task

Forces for High Level Group of EU Member States

and H2020 Associated Countries on Nanosciences,

Nanotechnologies (2016/17).

Professor Choy’s work has led to her participation

in numerous large research programmes.

These include EU, EPSRC, and government flagship

grants, as well as research contracts and collaboration

to develop new engineering products with

particular characteristics with industrial companies

such as Rolls Royce, Aero Engine Control,

EADS, PVi, QinetiQ, DSTL, BG/Advantica, and

IMPT. She has been the international expert

reviewer for Ontario Research Fund, Hong Kong

Productivity Council, and Greek Ministry of

Education/European Commission. She has been

awarded Guest Professorships at the University of

Uppsala (2001/03), Ningbo Institute of Materials

Technology and Engineering (NIMTE, 2010/2012),

and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Visiting

Professorship for Senior International Scientist

(2011/2013).