My 12-year-old granddaughter Nina Alesi once asked me, "Grandpa,
you are a scientist at IBM, so what do you do?" I tried to reply,
"Oh, I watch atoms move. . . " But before I could finish this
sentence, my 7-year-old grandson Vinnie interjected, "Grandpa, do
atoms play soccer?" This book is about the games atoms play in
diffusion and various other properties of materials. While
diffusion has been studied for more than 100 years in solids, its
importance, excitement, and intellectual chal lenges remain
undiminished with time. It is central to understanding the
relationship between the structure and properties of naturally
occurring and synthetic materials, which is at the root of current
technological development and innovations. The diversity of
material has led to spec tacular progress in functional inorganics,
polymers, granular materials, photonics, complex oxides, metallic
glasses, quasi-crystals, and strongly correlated electronic
materials. The integrity of complex materials pack ages is
determined by diffusion, a highly interactive and synergic phe
nomenon that interrelates to the microstructure, the
microchemistry, and the superimposed physical fields. While the
various physico-chemical properties of the materials are affected
by diffusion, they determine diffu sion itself. This book, which is
intended to document the diffusive processes operative in advanced
technological materials, has been written by pio neers in industry
and academia."
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