Interfacial Engineering for Optimized Properties II Symposium Held December 1-2, 1999, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Interfaces control the properties of many technologically important materials. For many years, however, alloys have primarily been designed with the focus on optimizing bulk properties. In recent years, much more attention has been paid to designing interfaces to improve the performance of materials. This idea has been central in the development of nanoscale devices in the electronics industry, but now these concepts have also been applied to both grain boundaries and phase boundaries in structural materials. This breakthrough in the area of structural materials has come about as a result of a number of different factors. Certainly one has been the development of advanced experimental tools, such as the analysis of electron backscattering patterns, which can quickly and routinely give information about grain boundary orientations. Another has been the improved simulation capabilities of interfaces in complex engineering alloys. Third has been the recognition that failures often are associated with interfaces and that materials can be processed to improve the properties of these interfaces and thus avoid these failures. This volume brings together many of the researchers working on these types of problems. This includes groups concentrating on the preparation and processing of interfaces, those studying the relationships between chemistry and structure, and others (perhaps the majority) who are studying properties and behavior of interfaces, particularly in relation to strength and bonding.Carter, C. B. is the author of 'Interfacial Engineering for Optimized Properties II Symposium Held December 1-2, 1999, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.' with ISBN 9781558994942 and ISBN 1558994947.