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Instabilities and Self-Organization in Materials - Volume I: Fundamentals of Nanoscience, Volume II: Applications in Materials Design and Nanotechnology (Multiple copy pack, New)
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Instabilities and Self-Organization in Materials - Volume I: Fundamentals of Nanoscience, Volume II: Applications in Materials Design and Nanotechnology (Multiple copy pack, New)
Series: Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials, 63
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In materials, critical phenomena such as phase transitions, plastic
deformation and fracture are intimately related to
self-organization. Understanding the origin of spatio-temporal
order in systems far from thermal equilibrium and the selection
mechanisms of spatial structures and their symmetries is a major
theme of present day research on the structure of continuous
matter. Furthermore, the development of methods for producing
spatially-ordered and self-assembled microstructure in solids by
non-equilibrium methods opens the door to many technological
applications. There is an increasing demand for a better
understanding of new materials from a more fundamental point of
view. In order to describe and understand the behavior of such
materials, dynamical concepts related to non-equilibrium phenomena,
irreversible thermodynamics, nonlinear dynamics, and bifurcation
theory, are required. The generic presence of defects and their
crucial influence on pattern formation and critical phenomena in
extended systems is now well-established. Similar to observations
in hydrodynamical, liquid crystal, and laser systems, defects in
materials have a profound effect. We found it thus timely to
develop a unified presentation of tools, concepts, and methods that
are useful to material scientists and engineers. Although
specialized treatments of various topics covered in this book are
available, we feel that a comprehensive approach may give the
reader a higher vantage point. Hence, emphasis is placed on
combining the basic physical, mathematical and computational
aspects with technological applications within the material's
life-cycle, from processing, degradation to eventual failure. The
book is divided into two parts that are organized as follows. The
first volume of this book is devoted to the most basic concepts of
the physics, mechanics and mathematical theory utilized in the
analysis of non-equilibrium materials. The reader is exposed to a
rigorous background on material deformation, defect theory
transport processes, and the statistical mechanics and
thermodynamics of phase transitions. Mathematical concepts of
non-linear dynamics, such as bifurcation and instability theory,
the dynamics of complex systems near pattern forming instabilities,
the generic aspects of pattern formation, selection and stability
are presented. Stochastic and numerical methods used in this field
are also introduced. The methods and techniques developed in the
first volume are applied in the second volume to specific problems
in various advanced technologies. These applications include
plastic and fracture instabilities, interfacial morphological
instabilities in solidification, crystal growth,
electro-deposition, surface instabilities in laser, plasma and
chemical vapor processing, and material aging instabilities under
irradiation and chemical corrosion attack.
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