Nanoscale Materials and Modeling--relations Among Processing, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties

Book excerpt: The 55 papers in this collection from the April 2004 symposium study processing methods for nanostructured materials, internal stress and the physics of strengthening mechanisms at the nanoscale, and the mechanical properties of nanoscale materials. Each of the six parts presents experimental contributions first, followed by papers describing related modeling and simulation. Topics include the effect of gold films electrodeposited on nickel substrates, microstructural refinement in copper solid solutions by machining, the synthesis of zeolite as ordered multi-crystal arrays, the elevated temperature mechanical properties of devitrified metallic glass, and improved fracture toughness in advanced nanocrystalline ceramic composites. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).