Preface | |
Fundamental Concepts | |
Nanostructured Materials | p. 3 |
Electron Theory Applied to Phases with Low Dimensions | p. 37 |
Thermodynamics of Nanostructured Materials | p. 53 |
Structure and Physical Properties | |
Interfaces and Physical Properties of Nanostructured Solids | p. 81 |
Interfacial Structures and Properties | p. 107 |
Grain Boundary Design for Advanced Materials on the Basis of Grain Size Dependence of Grain Boundary Character Distribution (GBCD) | p. 129 |
Diffraction Analysis of Ultra-Fine Structures; Lattice Deformations in Multilayers and Martensites | p. 135 |
An Electron Microscopy Study of Ferromagnetism in Small Nickel Particles as a Function of Size | p. 157 |
Mechanical Response | |
The Search for the Supermodulus Effect | p. 165 |
Recent Studies of the Supermodulus Effect | p. 193 |
Tribology of Materials and the Effect of Microstructure | p. 199 |
Mechanical Relaxation Spectroscopy of Fine Grained A1 and A1-Alloy Films | p. 229 |
Hall-Petch Behavior in Nanocrystalline Metals | p. 241 |
Mechanical Properties of Layered Structures and Thin Films on Substrates | p. 255 |
The Mechanical Properties of Fine Scale Metallic Materials | p. 287 |
Structure and Mechanical Properties of Submicrometere-grained Materials Produced by Severe Plastic Deformation | p. 303 |
Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Ultra Fine Grained Elemental Metals | p. 309 |
Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Electrodeposited Nanocomposites | p. 315 |
Tensile Behavior of Cold-Rolled NiTi Having an Amorphous-Crystalline Composite Microstructure | p. 323 |
Indentation Test on Thermotropic Polymers | p. 329 |
Grid Supported Polyimide and Beryllium Based Soft X-ray Windows - Pressurized Membrane Ductility Considerations | p. 337 |
Superplasticity | |
Creep and Superplasticity | p. 345 |
Superplasticity of Nanostructured Ceramics | p. 361 |
Superplasticity of Nanophase Intermetallics? | p. 381 |
Superplasticity of Nanograin Ceramic Films Tested by the Stress Relaxation Method | p. 401 |
Very High Strain Rate Superplasticity in Near-Nano Scale Aluminum Alloys | p. 407 |
Nanoindentation | |
Mechanical Deformation Using Indentation Experiments | p. 417 |
Nanoindentation with a Surface Force Apparatus | p. 429 |
Measurement of Fracture Toughness in Thin Films and Small Volumes Using Nanoindentation Methods | p. 449 |
Hardness of Vapour Deposited Ceramic Coatings Determined by Ultra-Low Load Indentation | p. 463 |
Sputter Deposition and Characterization of MoSi[subscript 2]/SiC Composite Coatings | p. 469 |
Hardness and Young's Modulus of Cosputtered Ti-B-N and Hf-B-N Films and Correlations to Their Microstructure and Composition | p. 475 |
Nanoindentation of Thin Coated Systems | p. 481 |
Indentation of Semiconductor Superlattices | p. 489 |
Nanohardness and Chemical Composition of Be Surfaces for Gas Bearing | p. 495 |
Synthesis and Processing | |
Synthesis and Processing of Nanostructured Materials | p. 509 |
Sinter-Forging of Chemically Precipitated Nanocrystalline TiO[subscript 2] | p. 539 |
Nanocrystalline ZrO[subscript 2] by Crystallization of Amorphous Oxide | p. 547 |
Compaction of Submicron and Nanocrystalline Al[subscript 2]O[subscript 3]-ZrO[subscript 2] Ceramics | p. 559 |
Sintering of Nanocrystalline Al[subscript 2]O[subscript 3]: A Study by Photoacoustic Infrared Spectroscopy | p. 565 |
Reduction of Surface Oxide on Ultra-Fine FeNi Particles | p. 571 |
Characterization | |
Atomic Force Microscopy of Polymer Surfaces | p. 581 |
Crystallization of Nanocrystalline Alloys Studied by Electron Transport, Magnetic and Dilatometric Methods | p. 587 |
Acoustic Spectroscopy of Iron and Aluminum Thin Films and Fe/Al Multilayers, Anelasticity and Microstructure | p. 593 |
X-ray Reflectivity Studies of Twist Grain Boundaries | p. 599 |
STM Study of Microindentations on Oriented Metallic Single Crystals | p. 605 |
List of Participants (with addresses) | p. 611 |
Subject Index | p. 619 |
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