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Chemistry and Structure of Internal Interfaces in Inorganic Materials
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2011
Abstract
Physical properties of polycrystalline materials are controlled by intergranular as well as intragranular effects. In most cases materials' properties adhere to the bonding character of internal interfaces and plasticity of bulk parts. The nature of interfaces is in general difficult to understand, although they have far reaching consequences to overall properties of processed materials. To properly understand the effects brought by such interfaces one has to correlate particular properties with their local chemistry and structure. The availability of modern instrumentation that can provide a detailed chemical and structural information down to a subnanometer scale has helped greatly in tackling many fundamental problems in materials science. Our systematic studies of several metal/ceramic and ceramic/ceramic interfaces has given us a wealth of information that brings us closer to the answer on the formation mechanisms of the internal interfaces and other structural transformations in materials.
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