This volume is a compilation of papers that were presented at Symposium 4 of the XX International Conference of the Mexican Academy of Materials Science - MRS Mexico, organised in collaboration with the MRS, 'Advanced Structural Materials' which was…
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Increased production of photovoltaic (PV) energy and its rapidly growing market have resulted in reduced costs, as well as improved conversion efficiencies and reliabilities for solar systems. Much of this rapid progress has occurred because of mate…
Solid-state ionics is at the foundation for the development of environmentally friendly devices such as batteries and fuel cells for energy storage and conversion, and chemical sensors for pollution monitoring and control. The progress of such devic…
Discoveries in spintronics continue to challenge our understanding of solid-state physics. As experimental and theoretical horizons in magnetism and electronic materials expand, ample opportunities exist for continued innovation of spin-dependent el…
This interdisciplinary book brings together researchers from a wide range of scientific fields to offer insights into the nature of polycrystalline thin films. These films have properties that are different from those of a bulk polycrystal and from…
Symposium B, 'Thermoelectric Materials Research and Device Development for Power Conversion and Refrigeration', held from November 26-30 at the 2012 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, was the tenth in a series of symposia on state-of-the-art…
This book, the fourth in a series from the Materials Research Society, follows the tradition of earlier volumes in the series and covers a broad range of topics relating to structure and dynamics under geometric restrictions. Emphasis is on methods…
Much like earlier books in the series, this collection of papers, first published in 2001, brings together the materials science community and the characterization techniques that use synchrotron radiation. Surfaces, interfaces, electronic materials…
This book combines the proceedings of Symposium GG, Electron Crystallography for Materials Research, and Symposium HH, Quantitative Characterization of Nanostructured Materials, both from the 2009 MRS Spring Meeting in San Francisco. Papers from Sym…
Nanoindentation and nanotribology are fundamental, evolving, and complementary disciplines within materials science. In recent years there has been rapid convergence of the biomechanical and materials disciplines, as well as explosive growth of the…
Radiation can produce dramatic improvements or degradation in the properties of materials, so an understanding of the microstructural changes that occur during irradiation is critical for the development of predictive models. This book, first publis…
This volume contains the proceedings of Symposium E, 'Fundamentals of Gels and Self-Assembly Systems', from the 2013 MRS Fall Meeting held December 1-6, 2013, in Boston, Massachusetts.
This volume includes a collection of papers presented in Symposium TT, 'Laser-Material Interactions at Micro/Nanoscales', at the Spring 2011 Materials Research Society Meeting held April 2011 in San Francisco. Laser-material interactions are of fund…
This book, first published in 2002, discusses challenges facing the implementation of an affordable tunable RF and microwave device technology. Low cost, tunable, microwave devices will have a tremendous impact on a variety of commercial and militar…
Chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP) has emerged as a critical fabrication technology for advanced integrated circuits. Even as the applications of CMP have diversified and we have begun to understand aspects of the physics and chemistry of the p…
Computational approaches for predicting the optical properties of materials are at a stage of rapid development. Because a quantitative description of the optical properties of materials depends on both ground-state and excited-state properties, pro…
Recent events highlight the importance of energy generation and distribution of power in today's society. It is clear that while additional large-scale power generation will have to address long-term societal issues such as safety and environmental…
Symposium Q, 'Structural Materials and Fuels for Future Fusion and Fission Technologies', Symposium R, 'Radiation Damage to Ceramic and Insulating Materials for Nuclear Power' and Symposium T, 'Nanostructured Materials in Harsh Environments', were h…
The symposia that have been combined to compose this volume - Symposium B: 'Thin Film Compound Semiconductor Photovoltaics', Symposium C: 'Perovskite Solar Cells', Symposium D: 'Organic-Based Photovoltaics', and Symposium E: 'Advance Solar Cells-Com…
Wide-bandgap semiconductors have a long and illustrious history, starting with the first paper on SiC light-emitting diodes published in 1907. Since then, interest in wide-bandgap semiconductors has skyrocketed. Improved material quality, important…
Advances in thin-film layer transfer processes have opened new routes to multimaterial integration for monolithically integrated heterogeneous components and microsystems, circumventing many of the constraints for epitaxial growth of heterogeneous m…
This book from MRS discusses the evolution of a material's microstructure as a result of its interaction with energetic particles such as ions, neutrons or electrons. The book is inter-disciplinary and emphasizes all classes of materials including m…
This book focuses on the structure-property relationship of interfaces in materials. Rather than concentrating on a specific class of materials, it brings together a diverse group of researchers with varied interests to seek a common foundation on w…
The Advanced Metallization Conference (AMC) marked its twentieth anniversary in 2003. Technical leaders from around the world gather to discuss developments in the areas of interconnect performance, advanced metallization, low-dielectric constant ma…
This book brings together scientists from diverse research communities to focus on four different aspects of fracture - instability dynamics, scaling/fractal geometry, the brittle/ductile transition, and fracture at interfaces. In each case, theoret…
This volume is a compilation of papers that were presented at the Symposium 4A: 'Advanced Structural Materials' of the XXIII International Materials Research Congress, organized in collaboration with MRS, which was held from August 17-21, 2014 in Ca…
This volume is a compilation of papers that were presented at Symposium 6B, 'Advanced Structural Materials', of the XXIV International Materials Research Congress, organized in collaboration with Materials Research Society, which was held from Augus…
The development of advanced optical structures has enabled tremendous control over the propagation and manipulation of light waves. At the forefront of these advances is the development of micro- and nanostructured optical devices that have dimensio…
Materials research plays a central role in the development of microsystems in a number of different ways. More specifically, materials aspects are important issues for both the choice of fabrication method and the design of microcomponents and syste…
The study of hydrogen in condensed matter is of significant importance in modern technology. Hydrogen affects the mechanical, electrical and optical properties of many materials and causes embrittlement of metals; changes the optical properties of r…
Our energy-hungry world increasingly relies on new methods to store and convert energy for portable electronics, as well as environmentally friendly modes of transportation and electrical energy generation. The development of high-performance power…
This book, first published in 1999, presents the technical information on ferroelectric thin films from an international array of academia, government organizations and industry. The results in DRAM and FERAM devices, as well as enhancements in mate…
Symposium D, 'Energy Critical Materials' and Symposium G, 'Materials as Tools for Sustainability', were held on November 25-30 at the 2012 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. Many technologies that currently impart significant benefits to our…
Ion beam techniques provide unique capabilities for exploring and custom-tailoring properties, structure, interactions, and configuration of polymeric materials, biomolecular materials and biocompatible materials. New understanding of ion beam-matte…
The inexorable drive for increased integrated circuit functionality and performance places growing demands on the metal and dielectric thin films used in fabricating these circuits, as well as spurring demand for new materials applications and proce…
