本文综述了关于金属、陶瓷、聚合物及合成材料的性能与生产工艺的这门新科学的重要发展趋势,试图指出有可能导致学科迅速发展的突破点。很多先进的表面涂层方法的出现,使“表面工程”能分出来成为一门单独的学科。现在有可能“设计、处理”材料,因而各类材料之间的通常区别正在消失。 This article summarizes important trends in this new science that characterize the performance and manufacturing processes of metals, ceramics, polymers, and synthetic materials and attempts to point out the breakthrough points that may lead to the rapid growth of disciplines. The advent of many advanced surface coating methods has enabled “surface engineering” to be separated into a single discipline. It is now possible to “design, process” materials, so the usual distinction between the various types of materials is disappearing.