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Diffusion is a vital topic in solid-state physics and chemistry, physical metallurgy and materials science. Diffusion processes are ubiquitous in solids at elevated temperatures. A thorough understanding of diffusion in materials is crucial for materials development and engineering. This book first gives an account of the central aspects of diffusion in solids, for which the necessary background is a course in solid state physics. It then provides easy access to important information about diffuson in metals, alloys, semiconductors, ion-conducting materials, glasses and nanomaterials. Several diffusion-controlled phenomena, including ionic conduction, grain-boundary and dislocation pipe diffusion, are considered as well.
Graduate students in solid-state physics, physical metallurgy, materials science, physical and inorganic chemistry or geophysics will benefit from this book as will physicists, chemists, metallurgists, materials engineers in academic and industrial research laboratories.
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Springer Series in
solid-state sciences
Springer Series in
solid-state sciences Series Editors: M. Cardona P. Fulde K. von Klitzing
R. Merlin H.-J. Queisser H. St¨ormer
The Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences consists of fundamental scientific books prepared by leading researchers in the field. They strive to communicate, in a systematic and comprehensive way, the basic principles as well as new developments in theoretical and experimental solid-state physics. Phase Separation in Soft Matter Physics Micellar Solutions, Microemulsions, Critical Phenomena By P.K. Khabibullaev and A.A. Saidov Optical Response of Nanostructures Microscopic Nonlocal Theory By K. Cho Fractal Concepts in Condensed Matter Physics By T. Nakayama and K. Yakubo Excitons in Low-Dimensional Semiconductors Theory, Num