This review critically assesses the state-of-knowledge for vapor phase infiltration (VPI)
processing science, an emerging gas phase processing scheme for producing organic …

Optical metamaterials are artificially engineered architectures that exhibit desired optical
properties not found in nature. Bespoke design requires the ability to define shape, size …

Bit-patterned media (BPM) for magnetic recording provides a route to thermally stable data
recording at> 1 Tb/in 2 and circumvents many of the challenges associated with extending …

Sequential infiltration synthesis (SIS) is an emerging materials growth method by which
inorganic metal oxides are nucleated and grown within the free volume of polymers in …

There is significant growing interest in atomic layer deposition onto polymers for barrier
coatings, nanoscale templates, surface modification layers and other applications. The …

The ability to produce or alter materials to obtain drastically different or improved properties
has been the driving goal of materials science since its inception. Combining multiple …

Among various gas sensing materials, metal oxide semiconductors have shown great
potential as resistive type sensors. The ordered porous structural metal oxide …

This article reviews and assesses recent progress in atomic layer deposition (ALD) and
highlights how the field of ALD is expanding into new applications and inspiring new vapor …

Inorganic barriers grown by atomic layer deposition (ALD) can overcome the stability issues
originating from the permeation of foreign species (water and oxygen) into polymer thin …

Direct lasing of polymeric membranes to form laser induced graphene (LIG) offers a scalable
and potentially cheaper alternative for the fabrication of electrically conductive membranes …