Books by Keyword: Phase Transition

Description: This book represents a collection of selected papers from the 20th International Conference on Internal Friction and Mechanical Spectroscopy (ICIFMS) that was held in Lausanne from 7 to 10 July 2025. The conference gathered more than 50 scientists, students and engineers from 15 countries across Europe and Asia. The collected papers mark the state of the art and progress of science in understanding the elastic, anelastic and viscoelastic behaviour of materials.

Description: Following the long tradition that started in 1987, the International Workshop on Positron Studies of Defects 2024 (PSD-24) will be held in Como, Italy, in the period from September the 1st to 6th, 2024. The aim of the workshop is to provide an opportunity for exchange of the latest results and scientific information concerning the positron interactions with solids and surfaces, the generation of slow positron beams and their applications.

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This special volume of 24 peer reviewed contributions cover up-to-date research results on "Structural and Chemical Characterization of Metals Alloys and Compounds". The structural and chemical characterization of different materials such as metals, alloys, ceramics, steels, composites, polymeric compounds, welding, superalloys, intermetallic compounds, and nanomaterials are included. They were prepared with different techniques. Some important topics addressed were the analytical techniques focused on the microstructural, chemical, optical, electronic, magnetic and mechanical properties of materials.

Description: The volume contains conference papers on selected contributions presented at the OMEE-2012 Conference.
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The papers are grouped into the following chapters:
Technology of the active media for electronic engineering;
Active media fundamentals: crystal structure, micro- and nanostructure, electronic structure;
Nanoparticles, nano-ceramics and nano-composites;
Materials for quantum and optoelectronics, defects, impurities and transport phenomena;
Magnetic properties, superconductivity and applications;
Materials for sensing.

Description: These meetings of magnetologists have occurred every three years since the first symposium, held in 1999. During the past 12 years, MISM has grown, from being a local workshop, into the largest international conference on magnetism in Russia. The number of participants, and the scientific level of MISM, make it one of the most significant conferences worldwide.
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The present papers are grouped into the chapters: Materials, Magnetism, Magnetic Materials, Spintronics and Magnetotransport, Soft and Hard Magnetic Materials, Multiferroics, Magnetostructural Transition-Related Effects, Magnetophotonics, Magnetism and Superconductivity, Magnetism of Nanostructures, Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors, High-Frequency Properties, Low-Dimensional Magnetism, Magnetic Soft Matter, Magnetic Oxides, Magnetism in Biology and Medicine. They constitute a very up-to-date and thorough coverage of the subject.

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Multiferroics: that is, materials which simultaneously exhibit both ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity - and also often ferroelasticity - now attract considerable attention because of the interesting physics involved and their promise for important practical applications. Typical multiferroics belong to the perovskite group of transition metal oxides, and include rare-earth manganites and ferrites. Several new multiferroic systems have been developed, during recent years, which exhibit very strong coupling between the ferroelectric and magnetic degrees of freedom. The present volume comprises both review articles, and research papers on various themes; with very little overlap. The authors of the review papers have generally kept in mind the unfamiliarity, of the field of ‘Ferroics and Multiferroics’, to newcomers. They cover the historical development of the field, and add their own contributions.

Description: This special issue of Defect and Diffusion Forum contains selected refereed papers which were presented at the 7th International Conference on Diffusion in Solids and Liquids (DSL-2011) held on the 26 to 30th June 2011 at the Hilton Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal. The goal of the conference was to provide a unique opportunity to exchange information, to present the latest results and review burning issues in contemporary diffusion research. Young scientists were especially encouraged to attend the conference and to establish international links with established scientists.
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Description: The peer-reviewed papers in this special issue of Solid State Phenomena were selected from the 16th International Conference on Internal Friction and Mechanical Spectroscopy, ICIFMS-16, held on July 3 – 8, 2011, in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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The proceedings aimed at attracting newcomers to this field of research in order to appreciate the potential of anelastic methodologies in the investigation of advanced materials and new phenomena. Scientists who are already involved in the field will also find here ideas and inspiration for new experiments and theories.

Description: These proceedings comprise a selection of the peer-reviewed papers that were presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Liquid Crystals: Science and Technology.
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The topics of the 102 papers cover: the physics of liquid crystals, the chemistry of liquid crystals, applications of liquid crystals and related materials. This work will provide guidance to physicists, chemists and materials scientists working in the field of liquid crystals.

Description: This thirteenth volume in the series covers the latest results in the field. As well as some 360 metals-related abstracts, the issue includes original papers on all of the major material groups: “Bulk Diffusion of Homovalent Non-Magnetic Atomic Probes of Titanium and Zirconium in Tungsten Single Crystals”, “Comparative Mössbauer Analysis of Superfine Structure of Hadfield Steel Upon Different Kinds of Severe Deformation”, “Assessment of Microstructural Degradation in 2.25Cr-1Mo Steel …”, “Isochronal and Isothermal Annealing of Wrought Aluminum Alloy”, “Application of the Photoacoustic Method for the Determination of the Thermal Properties of Heat-Treated and Annealed Al-Li Alloy“, “Effect of Ageing on Microstructures, Electrical Properties and PALS of Aircraft Al Alloy 2024”, “Preparation of C/Cu Composite Powders by High-Energy Ball-Milling”, “Quantitative Analysis of Fiber Fracture in Powder Injection Molded Metal Composites”, “Wear Mechanisms of Ceramic-Reinforced Metal-Matrix Composite …”, “Development and Characterization of Alumina-Silica Sand Nanoparticle Composites”, “Characterization and Properties of Copper-Silica Sand Nanoparticle Composites”, “Diffusion Processes Affecting the Performance of Heterogeneous Catalysts”, “Analytical Solutions for Moving Elliptical Paraboloid Heat Source in Semi-Infinite Plate”, “Solution for Modeling 3D Moving Heat Sources in a Semi-Infinite Medium …”, “Probing the Phase Transition in Nanocrystalline TiO2 Powders …”, “BSCCO 2212 Defective Tellurium Ions on Bi-Site”, “Self-Diffusion in Nano Zinc Sulphide”, “SIMS Study of 30keV H+ Ion-Implanted n-GaAs“, “Optical Studies of Physically Deposited Nano-Ag2Te Thin Films”