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Title: | Phase and Microstructural Stability in Immiscible Binary Alloys Under Irradiation |
Author(s): | Enrique, Raul Alejandro |
Doctoral Committee Chair(s): | Bellon, Pascal |
Department / Program: | Materials Science and Engineering |
Discipline: | Materials Science and Engineering |
Degree Granting Institution: | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Degree: | Ph.D. |
Genre: | Dissertation |
Subject(s): | Physics, Condensed Matter |
Abstract: | In the experimental part, we investigate the microstructures resulting under ion-beam mixing in Ag-Cu multilayers. We find that, regardless of the irradiation temperature, extensive grain growth takes place. In the regime when thermal decomposition is in dynamic balance with irradiation mixing, phase separation takes place at a finite-length scale, of the order of the nanometer, in agreement with our theoretical predictions. This spontaneous nanoscale decomposition demonstrates that ion-beam mixing can be used as a processing tool for the synthesis of nanocomposite materials. |
Issue Date: | 2001 |
Type: | Text |
Language: | English |
Description: | 134 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/82703 |
Other Identifier(s): | (MiAaPQ)AAI3023051 |
Date Available in IDEALS: | 2015-09-25 |
Date Deposited: | 2001 |
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