Fundamental Properties of Nanostructured Materials

by Fiorani, D.; Sberveglieri, G.; National School of the Condensed Matter

• ISBN13: 9789810220433
• ISBN10: 981022043X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-04-01
• Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUB CO INC

Summary

Proceedings of the conference held September 20 - 25, 1993 in Rimini, Italy.

Table of Contents

Preface
Synthesis, Structure and Properties of Nanostructred Materials	p. 3
Nanocrystalline Soft Ferromagnetic Alloys Obtained by Devitrification of an Amorphous Phase: Kinetic Aspects	p. 21
Mill Scale-Up and Cost Analysis in the Mechanosynthesis of Nanophase Materials	p. 30
Electronic Structure of Small Metal Particles	p. 43
Conventional Wide Angle X-Ray Scattering (WAXS): Investigation of Nanocrystalline Powders	p. 60
Scattering of Slow Neutrons in Nanocrystals	p. 75
XAFS and Nanostructured Materials	p. 88
Spatially Resolved Spectroscopies in Electron Microscopy for the Study of Nanostructures	p. 99
Transmission Electron Microscopy and Optical Characterization of Nano-particles	p. 111
Scanning Tunnel Microscopy (STM): Basic Principles and Studies on Surface Nanostructures	p. 124
Atomic Force Microscopy and Magnetic Force Microscopy Study of Nanometric Materials	p. 132
Structural and Thermodynamic Properties of Nanocrystalline Metals and Intermetallics	p. 151
Thermodynamics and Kinetics for Nanostructures Formation	p. 172
Superparamagnetic Properties of Nanoparticles	p. 193
Magnetic Anisotropy in Nanostructured Materials	p. 212
Magnetoelasticity and its Fundamental Role in Nanocrystalline Materials	p. 236
Magnetoresistance I: Magnetic Thin Films and Multilayers	p. 255
Magnetoresistance II: Magnetic Heterogeneous Alloys	p. 265
On Some Aspects of the Mechanical Properties of Nanostructured Materials	p. 275
Nanostructured Semiconducting Thin Films as Gas Sensors	p. 288
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