Science and Technology of Interfaces, International Symposium in Honor of Dr. Bhakta Rath

Preface ix Nanostructures and Materials Challenging Some Free-Energy Reduction Criteria for Grain Growth 3 S.G Srinivasan and J. W. Cahn Interfaces and Surfaces in Nanostructured Materials 15 G. Lopez-Laurrabaquio, J.L. Rodriguez-Lopez, J.M. Montejano-Carrizales and M. Jose-Yacaman Mechanical Alloying in Nanostructured Fe-Zn Binary System 21 F. Zhou, Y.T. Chouand E.J. Lavernia Interfaces in Zr Based Nanocrystals and Combustion Synthesized Ti Aluminide 33 G.K Dey Structure and Properties of Nanostructured Magnetic Films Prepared by Electroless and Sputter Depositions 45 G.M. Chow Interface Effects Surface Relief Effects as Evidence for Coherency of Interphase Boundaries 57 H.I. Aaronson Thermodynamics of Interfaces in Mechanically Alloyed Metals 67 H.K.D.H. Bhadeshia Multicomponent Diffusion at Zero-Flux Planes 75 M.E. Glicksman andA.O. Lupulescu Effect of Irradiation-Induced Interfaces on Thin Film Stability 87 P.M. Ossi Interface Diffusion, Energies and Solute Segregations in Materials: A Unified Approach 99 D. Gupta Mechanical Behavior The Role of Interfaces on Mechanical Behavior of Titanium Alloys 113 B. W. Neuberger andS. Ankem Reevaluation of the Environmental Effects at the Crack Tip-Metal Interfaces 131 K. Sadananda, R.L. Holtz and A.K. Vasudevan Hot Ductility in Titanium Alloys-A Review 141 M.A. Imam, B.K. Damkroger and G.R. Edwards A New Mechanism for Superplasticity 155 J.C.M. Li Crystallization Behavior ofa Melt-Spun Alg6Ni9Mm5 Alloy 171 S.J. Hong, H.S. Kim, C. Suryanarayana and B.S. Chun Modelling ofDie-Workpiece Interface During Hot Forging 183 K. Kannan, M. Pandheeradi, S.P. Vaze, S.R. Schmid and W.R.D. Wilson Dislocation and Interfaces Utility of the Plasmon Theory of Surface and Interfacial Energies 197 J.J. Gilman The Nature of Interfacial Processes in Friction and Wear 207 D. Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf Elastic Interactions of Point Defects with Imperfect Interfaces in Coated Semi-Infinite Solids 219 KY.Yu An Informatics Approach to Interface Characterization: Establishing a "Materials by Design" Paradigm 231 K. Rajan Advanced Materials Interfaces and Stresses in Nanostructured and High-Tc Superconducting Materials 245 I. Ovid'ko Grain Boundary Effects in High and Low Tc Superconductors 257 C.S. Pande and R.A. Masumura Molecular Interfaces and Their Effect on Order in Liquid Crystals 269 R. Shashidhar and D. Shenoy Interface Studies in a Quasicrystalline Al-Pd-Mn Alloy 275 R. Divakar, V.S. Raghunathan and S. Ranganathan Semiconductors Two-Step Epitaxy of Gallium Nitride on (0001) Sapphire 287 S. Mahajan and V. Narayanan Epitaxial Issues and Growth Morphologies of InAlAs/InGaAs MQWs and Heterostructureson(100)and non-(100)In P Substrates 297 A. Christou Synthetic Functional Oxide Nanostructures: Role of Interfaces 309 R. Ramesh Role of Silicide Interfaces in Silicon Technology 329 F.M. d'Heurle, C. Lavoie and L. Gignac Silicon-Germanium-Carbon Self Assembled Quantum Dot Growth and Applications in Electronic Memory Devices 341 D-W. Kim and S. Banerjee Diamond Surfaces and Interfaces 353 J.E. Butler Grain Boundaries In-Situ Determination of Grain Boundary Migration During Recrystallization 361 D.J. Jensen, E.M. Lauridsen and RA. Vandermeer Atomistic Aspects of Grain Boundary Fracture 375 D. Far has and R.N. Nogueira Coincidence Site Lattice Theory of Triple Junctions and Quadruple Points 387 V. Y. Gertsman Interfacial Phenomena in Clean Steel Processing 399 S. Sridhar Author Index 411 Subject Index 413