Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2013 2nd international conference on smart materials and nanotechnology in engineering (SMNE 2013), march 26-27, 2013, hong kong, china. The 22 papers are grouped as follows: chapter 1: material science engineering and materials machining; chapter 2: nanoscience and nanotechnology applications; chapter 3: miscellaneous themes.
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