Integrative and Interdisciplinary Aspects of Intermetallics : 2004 MRS Fall Meeting Symposium Proceedings

The overarching theme of this volume is the critical importance of microstructure and defects on the physical and mechanical properties of ordered intermetallics. These compounds have great promise for a variety of diverse and important applications such as high-temperature structural materials, "smart" shape memory alloys, hydrogen storage media, thermoelectric power sources, and magnetic applications. The integrative aspects of this topic are highlighted to encourage a common platform for the presentation of intermetallics research that may have very different technological backgrounds and objectives, yet in all cases require a sound understanding of the elementary processes that govern structural and functional properties'from the atomistic through microstructural scales. The volume brings together researchers from twenty countries, with particularly strong representation from Asian and European laboratories. It underscores the tremendous progress in the field with respect to processing and properties, as well as improved fundamental insights through novel experimentation and modeling activities. Papers are grouped by topical area, including iron aluminides, nickel aluminides, titanium aluminides, silicides, functional intermetallics (for shape memory, thermoelectric, magnetic and hydrogen storage applications) and more generic modeling of intermetallic compounds.Mills, Michael J. is the author of 'Integrative and Interdisciplinary Aspects of Intermetallics : 2004 MRS Fall Meeting Symposium Proceedings', published 2009 under ISBN 9781558997905 and ISBN 1558997903.