Asian Review of Mechanical Engineering (ARME) is a half-yearly international peer-reviewed journal of Mechancial Engineering. One of the objectives of this journal is to disseminate knowledge on various research issues connected with the topics include, but are not limited to:

Statics and dynamics
Strength of materials and solid mechanics
Instrumentation and measurement
Thermodynamics, heat transfer, energy conversion, and HVAC
Combustion, automotive engines, fuels
Fluid mechanics and fluid dynamics
Mechanism design (including kinematics and dynamics)
Manufacturing engineering, technology, or processes
Hydraulics and pneumatics
Engineering design
Product design
Mechatronics and control theory
Material Engineering
Design engineering, Drafting, Computer-Aided Design (CAD) (including solid modeling), and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM)

The outstanding thermal, mechanical, electrical and electronic properties of nanocrystalline materials and carbon nanotubes hasattracted considerable research interests, and is now one of the major identifiable activities for material scientists. However, the practical and commercial use of these materials requires efficient processing methods, which needs to be compatible with the existing processes. One of the problems limiting their application is preparation of these materials. Currently, these materials have been prepared in the laboratory by traditional method of compacting the metallic powders which consist of particles at nanoscale. This method has many limitations to achieve properties required at nanoscale. The development of surface nanostructured coatings has been considered as potential industrial application. The nanostructured coatings can be formed by various methods such as physical vapour deposition (PVD), sputtering, chemical vapour deposition (CVD), electrochemical deposition, electrospark deposition. This study has reviewed the formation of nanocoatings by different processes, with emphasis on embedding carbon nanotubes in coating structure.