Product Description: Thirty-two contributions discuss band structure engineering in semiconductor microstructures. The contributions are arranged under three broad headings: electronic structure, band offsets and stability; transport properties; and optical properties...read more

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One of the most fascinating and intriguing aspects of natural phenomena is that complex systems may undergo symme­ try-breaking instabilities leading to pattern formation or coherent temporal behavior over macroscopic space and time scales. Therefore the understanding of why order may appear spontananeously in open systems far from equilibrium and which planforms are selected among a large manifold of possi­ bilities has become a major theme of research both theore- cally and experimentally. These studies, first related to fundamental questions, appear now to be of technological importance, especially for materials science problems. Effectively during the last years, the whole field of materials science experienced a complete renewal. By using techniques able to operate in strong nonequilibrium conditions and hence to escape from the constraints of equilibrium thermodynamics, totally new mate­ rials structures have been processed. Such techniques inclu­ de ion implantation, laser beam surface melting as well as electron beam heating. For example, ion implantation proces­ sing is able to create surfaces with compositions markedly different from the bulk, leading to materials having new electric, magnetic or chemical properties. In laser annea­ ling, after the tremendously rapid melting and recrystalliza­ tion of the sample surfaces, microstructures with superior resistance to friction, corrosion, ••• are frozen into place. Rapid solidification of alloys trigger the formation of quasi-crystalline structures. Ion beam mixing can modify the electrical properties of polymers or improve the adhesion of metallic films to ceramics.

Product Description: The IUT AM Symposium on Microstructure Property Interactions in Composite Ma- rials was held during the dates 22nd to 25th August 1994 in Rebild Bakker Conference Centre, situated in the heart of one of Denmark's most beautiful natural areas...read more

Product Description: What did we have in mind when in May, 1976, we (Professor de Gennes, Dr. Tourand and ourselves) thought of a Summer School in the field of liquids? First, we wanted to present and discuss the new results that have been obtained recently, in particular at the high flux reactor of the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble since it became operational in 1972...read more

Substances possessing heterogeneous microstructure on the nanometer and micron scales are scientifically fascinating and technologically useful. Examples of such substances include liquid crystals, microemulsions, biological matter, polymer mixtures and composites, vycor glasses, and zeolites. In this volume, an interdisciplinary group of researchers report their developments in this field. Topics include statistical mechanical free energy theories which predict the appearance of various microstructures, the topological and geometrical methods needed for a mathematical description of the subparts and dividing surfaces of heterogeneous materials, and modern computer-aided mathematical models and graphics for effective exposition of the salient features of microstructured materials.

Product Description: The 4th caesarium brought together world known experts reporting the state-of-the-art of Functional Micro-and Nanosystems. Its purpose was to identify and open up new research directions in this rapidly evolving new area and to discuss the potential with respect to applications in automotive, biochemical and information technology...read more

Product Description: This book, first published in 2002, focuses on the application of electrical measurements as a nondestructive tool for microstructural characterization. Papers show how the usage of dc- and ac- resistivity measurements, complex impedance analysis, ellipsometry, and capacitance-voltage measurements are used to assess phase transformations, presence of grain boundary layers with different electrical response, anisotropy, mechanical degradation, and presence of defects and porosity in a wide range of materials and devices...read more

Product Description: The mechanical properties of small volumes of materials such as thin films and patterned structures can be very different from the mechanical properties of those same materials in bulk. Many explanations of the mechanical behaviors of such small volumes have depended on simplified models of dislocation behavior...read more

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Product Description: This is the fourth in a series of international conferences on the Microstructure of High Temperature Materials and the first to exclusively focus on the microstructure and properties of titanium alloys. Papers demonstrating the exploitation of these alloys in a wide range of commercial high temperature applications from the automotive to the aerospace industries were presented...read more

Product Description: Since its inception in 1991, EUROMAT has been held each year on behalf of the Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS), and alternates between general and topical prospectives. This year's theme, Advances in Mechanical Behaviour, Plasticity and Damage, was proposed by the Societe Francaise de Metallurgie et de Materiaux (SF2M) to FEMS...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Modern understanding of materials include the approach at the microscopic or nanometric level. In the best case, imaging at the atomic level is possible. These approaches are essential for instance in the exploration of interfaces, surfaces and defects in crystals...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The last decades of the 1900s have witnessed a significant development in materials research, accompanied by rapidly shrinking device sizes and a strong desire to understand semiconductors at a microscopic level. Driven by the technological demand for high-performance devices and new materials, scientists have developed new optical techniques to study semi-conductors at microscopic scales...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Microstructural Science, Vol. 24. Proceedings from the 29th Annual IMS Convention, Pittsburgh, PA, 21-24 July 1996. Conference proceedings contains information from experts in materials characterization on the role of metallography in materials development and failure analysis...read more