CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 2010. 674 pp.
The objective of this book is to give a state-of-the-art overview of our current knowledge of the process of grain boundary migration and how it affects microstructure evolution. The distinguishing feature of this book is that it focuses exclusively on the properties and behavior of grain boundaries with well-defined geometry and crystallography. Moreover, these parameters can be chosen deliberately during the fabrication of the bi- or tricrystals to be investigated.
The book is intended to serve as a source of information and reference for scientists working in related fields comprising interface physics and materials science of microstructure evolution and property control. We also hope that this book will be a useful textbook for graduate students in solid state physics and materials science, especially for those conceed with problems of recrystallization, grain growth and textures, and also as a textbook for advanced level solid state physics and materials science courses. This book is dedicated to everybody who wants to understand more about the fascinating phenomenon of grain boundary motion.
The objective of this book is to give a state-of-the-art overview of our current knowledge of the process of grain boundary migration and how it affects microstructure evolution. The distinguishing feature of this book is that it focuses exclusively on the properties and behavior of grain boundaries with well-defined geometry and crystallography. Moreover, these parameters can be chosen deliberately during the fabrication of the bi- or tricrystals to be investigated.
The book is intended to serve as a source of information and reference for scientists working in related fields comprising interface physics and materials science of microstructure evolution and property control. We also hope that this book will be a useful textbook for graduate students in solid state physics and materials science, especially for those conceed with problems of recrystallization, grain growth and textures, and also as a textbook for advanced level solid state physics and materials science courses. This book is dedicated to everybody who wants to understand more about the fascinating phenomenon of grain boundary motion.