Mesoscopic Phenomena in Multifunctional Materials: Synthesis, Characterization, Modeling and Applications

✍ Scribed by Avadh Saxena, Antoni Planes (eds.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Leaves: 324
Series: Springer Series in Materials Science 198
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

A highly coveted objective of modern materials science is to optimize multiple coupled functionalities in the same single phase material and control the cross-response via multiple external fields. One important example of such multi-functionality are multiferroic materials where two or more ferroic properties are intrinsically coupled. They include, among others, the magneto-electric and magneto-structural materials, which are well understood at the nano- and continuum length (and time) scales. The next emerging frontier is to connect these two limiting scales by probing the mesoscale physics of these materials.

This book not only attempts to provide this connection but also presents the state-of-the art of the present understanding and potential applications of many related complex multifunctional materials. The main emphasis is on the multiscale bridging of their properties with the aim to discover novel properties and applications in the context of materials by design. This interdisciplinary book serves both graduate students and expert researchers alike.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Nanoscale Characterization of Multiferroic Materials....Pages 1-21
Nanoscale Phase Transformations in Functional Materials....Pages 23-56
Heterogeneities, The Mesoscale and Multifunctional Materials Codesign: Insights and Challenges....Pages 57-72
Thermodynamics of Multiferroic Materials....Pages 73-108
High Resolution Imaging Techniques for Understanding of Mesoscopic Phenomena....Pages 109-135
Imaging of Domains and Vortices in Multifunctional Materials....Pages 137-158
Multiferroic and Magnetoelectric Hexagonal Ferrites....Pages 159-200
Functional Twin Boundaries: Steps Towards Domain Boundary Engineering....Pages 201-223
Physics of Ferroic and Multiferroic Domain Walls....Pages 225-247
Glassy Phenomena in Relaxor Ferroelectrics....Pages 249-269
Strain Glass as a Novel Multi-functional Material....Pages 271-288
Shape Memory Alloys and Their Applications in Power Generation and Refrigeration....Pages 289-307
Back Matter....Pages 309-316

✦ Subjects

Structural Materials; Nanoscale Science and Technology; Nanochemistry; Applied and Technical Physics; Nanotechnology

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