Grain Boundary Engineering in Ceramics: From Grain Boundary Phenomena to Grain Boundary Quantum Structures

One of the key technologies needed to understand and develop the mechanical and electrical properties of ceramics is the field of grain boundary engineering. This book covers new developments in this important field and addresses topics from grain boundary phenomena to grain boundary quantum structures, including the development of new techniques such as multifunctional electronmicroscopes, various kinds of spectroscopic analysis, and first principles calculations.

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General, Theory, and Simulation.

Grain Boundaries in Metals: Current Understanding and Some Future Directions (A.P. Sutton).
Recent Progresses in the Electronic Structure Theory of Complex Ceramics (W.Y. Ching, S.D. Mo, L. Ouyang and Y.N. Xu)
Tight–Binding Molecular Dynamics of Ceramics Nanocrystals Using Parallel PC Cluster (K. Tsuruta, H. Totsuji and C. Totsuji).
First–Principles Study of Ceramic Interfaces: SiC Grain Boundaries and SiC/Metal Interfaces (M. Kohyama and J. Hoekstra).
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Surfaces and Grain Boundaries in Yttria–Stabilized Zirconia (C.A.J. Fisher and H. Matsubara).
Atomistic Computer Simulations of Amorphous Silicon Nitride Based Ceramics (K. Matsunaga and H. Matsubara).
Ab Initio Calculations of 3C–SiC(111)/Ti Polar Interfaces (S. Tanaka and M. Kohyama).
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Fracture Toughness of Silicon Nitride Single Crystal (N. Hirosaki, S. Ogata and H. Kitagawa).
Variable–Charge Molecular Dynamics of Aggregation of TiO2 Nanocrystals (S. Ogata, H. Iyetomi, K. Tsuruta, F. Shimojo, R.K. Kalia, A. Nakano and P. Vashista).
Diffusion and Transformation.
Anisotropic Grain Boundary Properties for Modeling Grain Growth Phenomena (D.J. Srolovitz and M. Upmanyu).
Computational Modeling of Ceramic Microstructure by MC and MD Methods (H. Matsubara, H. Nomura, A. Honda and K. Matsunaga).
Rheology of Grain Boundary Network Sys tems (Y. Enomoto and T. Mitsuda).
Microstructural Development in α–Al2O3 (M. Ruhle, R.M. Cannon, M. Gulgun, R. Voitovych and E. Bischotf).
Grain Boundary Faceting Transition and Abnormal Grain Growth in Oxides (D.Y. Yoon and C.W. Park).
Effects of Different Additives on Densification and α – β Phase Transformation in Si3N4 Ceramics (J. Yang, T. Ohji, Z. Deng and K. Niihara).
Precise Shape Function for Interparticle Necks Formed during Solid–State Sintering (Y. Tagami).
Diffusional Relaxation around 9R Cu Martensite Particles in an Fe Matrix (R. Monzen).
Isothermal T–to–M Transformation Nucleated at Grain Boundaries in Zirconia–Yttria Ceramics (H. Tsubakino, N. Matsuura and Y. Kuroda).
Interface Characterization of α – β Phase Transformation in Si3N4 (Transmission Electron Microscopy by T. Saito, Y. Iwamoto, Y. Ukyo and Y. Ikuhara).
AEM Study of Interface Structures Related to Cubic–to–Tetragonal Phase Transition in Zirconia Ceramics (N. Shibata, J. Katamura, Y. Ikuhara and T. Sakuma).
Electronic Ceramics.
Possible Center for Polar Cluster in Lead Magnesium Niobate Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 (J. Zhu, S. Miao, H. Sin, X.W. Zhang and Z. Cheng).
Segregation of BaZrO3 in Melt Textured Yba2Cu3O7–x (F. Dogan, J.D. Reding and J. Awano).
Microstructure Control in BaTiO3 Sinters by a Small Amount of Dopants (T. Yamamoto, Y. Ikuhara, K. Hayashi and T. Sakuma).
Grain Boundaries in Strontium Titanate (F. Ernst, O. Kienzle and M. Ruhle).
Electronic Structure Calculation of Symmetric Tilt Boundaries in ZnO (F. Oba, I. Tanaka, S.R. Nishitani and H. Adachi).
Atomic and Electronic Structure Analysis of Coincidence Boundaries in B–SiC (K. Tanaka and M. Kohyama).
Evaluation of Optically Active Cr Ion in the Cr:Al2O3 Ceramics by SNOM (H. Murotani, M. Wakaki, Y. Narita and S. Teruyama).
Electronic Conduction through a Grain Boundary in BaTiO3 Positive Temperature Coefficient Thermistors (K. Hayashi, T. Yamamoto, Y. Ikuhara and T. Sakuma).
Interference of Electron Waves and its Application of Visualize Electromagnetic Microfields (T. Hirayama, K. Miyashita and T. Saito).
Electron Transport across Boundaries in Nb–Doped SrTiO3 Bicrystals (T. Yamamoto, Y. Ikuhara, K. Hayashi and T. Sakuma)
Structural Ceramics.

High–Temperature Properties and Grain Boundary Structure in Silicon Nitride Based Ceramics (M. Mitomo, T. Nishimura and Y. Kitami).
The Influence of Grain Boundaries and Interphase Boundaries on the Creep Response of Silicon Nitride (D.S. Wilkinson).
An Approach to Grain Boundary Design Using Ceramic Bicrystals (Y. Ikuhara, T. Watanabe, H. Yoshida, T. Yamamoto and T. Sakuma).
Mechanical Properties and Thermal Stability of Oxide Eutectic Composites at High Temperatures (Y. Waku, S. Sakata, A. Mitani and K. Shimizu).
Micromechanics of Viscous Slip along Ceramic Grain Boundaries (G. Pezzotti).
Superplasticity and Microstructural Evolution of Yba2Cu3O7–x/25vol % Ag Composites (J.M. Albuquerque, M.P. Harmer and Y.T. Chou).
Role of Grain Boundary Segregation on High–Temperature Creep Resistance in Polycrystalline Al2O3 (H. Yoshida, Y. Ikuhara and T. Sakuma).
Anisotropic Thermal Conduction Mechanism of β–Si3N4 Grains and Ceramics (K. Watari, B.C. Li, L. Pottier, D. Fournier and M. Toriyama).
Dislocations in Al2O3–20wt%ZrO2(3Y) Ceramics (S.D. De La Torre, H. Kume, Y. Nishikawa, S. Inamura, A. Kakitsuji, H. Miyamoto, L. Gao, K. Miyamoto, J.D. Rios, H. Tsuda and K. Morii).
Enhanced Fracture Resistance of Highly Anisotropicize d Porous Silicon Nitride (Y. Inagaki, Y. Shigegaki, N. Kondo, Y. Suzuki, T. Miyajima and T. Ohji).
Processing and Grain Boundary Structure of 3Y–TZP/BaFe12O19 and 3Y–TZP/NaAl11O17 Composites (Y. Suzuki, M. Awano, N. Kondo and T. Ohji).
Atomic Structures and Properties of Systematic [0001] Tilt Grain Boundaries in Alumina (T. Watanabe, H. Yoshida, T. Yamamoto, Y. Ikuhara and T. Sakuma).
Crystalline Orientation Analysis around Stable Cracks in MgO (Y. Takigawa and Y. Tasutomi).
Visco–elastic Analysis of Internal Friction on Engineering Ceramics (S. Sakaguchi).
TEM Studies of Reaction–Bonded Si3N4/SiC Composites (K. Kaneko and N. Kondo).
Intergranular Film.

The Effects of Intergranular Films on the Mechanical Behavior of Self–Reinforced Ceramics (P.F. Becher, G.S. Painter and H.T. Lin).
Glass in and on Ceramic Oxides (C.B. Carter, N. Ravishankar and S. Yanina).
Stabilization of Surface Films in Ceramics (Y.M. Chiang and J. Luo).
Adsorption and Wetting Mechanisms at Ceramic Grain Boundaries (R.M. Cannon).
Intergranular Glassy Films in Si3N4–SiO2 Ceramics: Morphology, Chemistry, Atomic Structure and Energetics (I. Tanaka).
Molecular Dynamics Study of Intergranular Glassy Film in High–Purity Si3N4SiO2 Ceramics (M. Yoshiya, K. Tatsumi, I. Tanaka and I. Adachi).
Microstructural Aspects of Superplastic Deformation in a Fine–Grained Silicon Nitride Doped with a Silica–Containing Additive (R.J. Xie, M. Mitomo and G.D. Zhan).
TEM Characterization of Grain Boundaries in Superplastic Silicon Nitride Ceramics (G.D. Zhan, M. Mitomo, R.J. Xie, Y. Ikuhara and T. Sakuma).
Hereto Interface and Others.

Preparation and Structure of Epitaxial CeO2/YSZ/Si Buffer Layer (N. Wakiya, M. Yoshida, T. Yamada, T. Kiguchi, K. Shinozaki