Recent observations of three classes of nanometer-thick, disordered, interfacial films in
multicomponent inorganic materials are reviewed and critically assessed. The three classes …

The world of nanomaterials has become the real world for most applications in the area of
nanotechnology. As postsynthesis handling of materials at the nanoscale level is …

Premelting is the localized loss of crystalline order at surfaces and defects at temperatures
below the bulk melting transition. It can be thought of as the nucleation of the melting …

Existing methods to rapidly compute interface-energy minimizing shapes with anisotropy are
collected and clarified, and new methods are introduced. A description of freely available …

The new edition of this popular textbook provides a fundamental approach to phase
transformations and thermodynamics of materials. Explanations are emphasised at the level …

In titanium alloys, variant selection (VS) of grain boundary α (GBα) at prior β grain
boundaries (GBs) during α precipitation has a significant influence on the subsequent …

Synchrotron-based analytical microprobe techniques, electron backscatter diffraction, and
defect etching are combined to determine the dependence of metal silicide precipitate …

The stabilization of nanoscale surficial amorphous films (SAFs) for Bi2O3 on ZnO, VO x on
TiO2, SiO x on Si, and several other oxide systems provides evidence for the existence of …

Recent advances in the thermodynamic description of reactions and phase transformations
at interfaces between metals, semiconductors, oxides and the ambient have been reviewed …

Modern technologies stimulate the quest for multicomponent nanosized materials with
improved properties, which are ultimately defined by the atomic arrangement and interphase …