Design of New Materials

ISBN-13: 9781461595038 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 378 str.

David L. Cocke; Abraham Clearfield

Opis

Dr. George P. Thomon, Nobel Laureate in Physics said, "We have labelled civilizations by the main materials which they have used: The Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age a civilization is both developed and limited by the materials at its disposal. Today, man lives on the boundary between the Iron Age and a New Materials Age." The ever more stringent requirements for materials to accomplish specific functions and withstand extreme conditions, as dictated by the needs of industry and defense, con tinue to spur ever more intensive research in Materials Science. According to the recent report "Trends and Opportunities in Materials Research" a vital goal of materials research is to design synthesize and fabricate in high yield, new materials with properties that can be pre dicted, varied and controlled. In the past this has been a fairly empirical process, but as we gain more comprehensive understanding of the behavior of matter on an atomic and molecular scale this goal becomes ever more attain able. An important recent trend is the increasing sophistication and power of theoretical approaches. Aided by the development of computers and versa tile numerical techniques, as well as concepts from statistical mechanics, theorists are beginning to confront the complexity of real materials. Important advances are expected through a concentrated attack on model systems in which the theorist, experimental scientist and engineer all work together towards designing new materials and controlling their properties."

Spis treści

New Perspectives on Materials Design.- Modifications of Molecular Size and Structure During the Hydrolytic Polycondensation of Metal Alkoxides.- Design of Microstructures in Sol-Gel Processed Silicates.- Inorganic Macromolecules and the Search for New Electroactive and Structural Materials.- The Preceramic Polymer Route to Silicon-Containing Ceramics.- Synthesis of Ceramic Powders and Thin Films from Laser Heated Gases.- New Approaches to the Design of Materials Via Preparative Inorganic Chemistry.- Materials Design by Means of Discharge Plasmas.- Advanced Ceramic Materials and Processes.- Research on Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon.- Structure and Optical Properties of Amorphous Semiconductors.- Surface Modification by Rapid Solidification Laser and Electron Beam Processing.- Materials-By-Design: Prospects and Promise.- Crystallographic Engineering.- Structure - Property Relationships in Metallic and Oxide Glasses.- Infrared and Raman Studies of Si-Chalcogenide Glasses.- Compound Index.