Complex Metallic Alloys - Fundamentals And Applications

Covering fundamental research as well as real-world applications, this first book on CMAs at an introductory level treats everything from atomistic details to surface processing. Comprehensive, self-contained chapters provide readers with the latest knowledge on the most salient features of the topic, selected in terms of their relevance to potential technological applications. Edited by one of the most distinguished authorities on quasicrystals and this most important of their subclasses, the contributions elucidate aspects of CMAs from a particular viewpoint: physical and chemical characteristics in the sub-nanometer regime, mesoscale phenomena, preparation and processing of thin films, and large-scale engineering properties. The whole is rounded off by a look at the commercial potential of CMA-based applications.
For PhD students and lecturers alike.

Jean-Marie Dubois heads the institute "Jean Lamour" at the University of Nancy, France. He is a Distinguished Research Director at the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris, permanent invited professor of Dalian University of Technology, China, and acting coordinator of the Complex Metallic Alloys Network of Excellence of the European Union. His research interests focus at the interplay between structural complexity in metals and alloys, electronic structure, bulk and surface properties and potential for technology. In recognition of his lifetime achievements in the field of quasicrystals he received, among others, the 2007 Mehl award from the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society.

Esther Belin-Ferre was a Research Director at the CNRS from where she officially retired in 2005. She currently works at the Laboratory of Physical Chemistry - Materials and Radiation, in Paris. Her research is dedicated to the investigation of the electronic structure of solids, prominently quasicrystals and complex alloys, using a variety of spectroscopy techniques. She has authored more than 200 scientific publications and edited three books.

Foreword.

Preface.

List of Contributors.

1 Introduction to the Science of Complex Metallic Alloys (Jean-Marie Dubois, Esther Belin-Ferré, and Michael Feuerbacher).

1.1 Introduction.

1.2 Complex Metallic Alloy: What Is It?

1.3 Complex Metallic Alloy: Why Is It Complex?

1.4 A Brief Survey of Properties.

1.5 Potential Applications.

1.6 Conclusion and Introduction of the Following Chapters 36.

References.

2 Properties of CMAs: Theory and Experiments (Enrique Maciá and Marc de Boissieu).

2.1 Introduction.

2.2 Electronic-Structure-Related Properties.

2.3 Phonons.

2.4 Conclusion.

References.

3 Anisotropic Physical Properties of Complex Metallic Alloys (Janez Dolin4sek and Ana Smontara).

3.1 Introduction.

3.2 Structural Considerations and Sample Preparation.

3.3 Anisotropic Magnetic Properties.

3.4 Anisotropic Electrical Resistivity.

3.5 Anisotropic Thermoelectric Power.

3.6 Anisotropic Hall Coefficient.

3.7 Anisotropic Thermal Conductivity.

3.8 Fermi Surface and the Electronic Density of States.

3.9 Theoretical Ab Initio Calculation of the Electronic Transport Coefficients.

3.10 Conclusion.

References.

4 Surface Science of Complex Metallic Alloys (Vincent Fournée, Julian Ledieu, and Jeong Y. Park).

4.1 Introduction.

4.2 Surface-Structure Determination.

4.3 Electronic Structure.

4.4 Thin-Film Growth on CMA Surfaces.

4.5 Adhesion, Friction and Wetting Properties of CMA Surfaces.

4.6 Conclusion.

References.

5 Metallurgy of Complex Metallic Alloys (Saskia Gottlieb-Schoenmeyer, Wolf Assmus, Nathalie Prud.homme,

and Constantin Vahlas).

5.1 Introduction.

5.2 Basic Concepts of Crystal Growth.

5.3 Examples of Single-Crystal Growth of CMAs.

5.4 Introduction to Chemical Vapor Deposition of Coatings Containing CMAs.

5.5 MOCVD Processing of Al-Cu-Fe Thin Films.

5.6 Concluding Remarks.

References.

6 Surface Chemistry of CMAs (Marie-Geneviève Barthés-Labrousse, Alessandra Beni, and Patrik Schmutz).

6.1 Introduction.

6.2 Surface Chemistry of CMAs Under UHV Environment.

6.3 Atmospheric Aging.

6.4 Surface Chemistry and Reactions in Aqueous Solutions.

6.5 High-Temperature Corrosion.

6.6 Conclusion.

References.

7 Mechanical Engineering Properties of CMAs (Jürgen Eckert, Sergio Scudino, Mihai Stoica, Samuel Kenzari, and Muriel Sales).

7.1 Introduction.

7.2 Structure and Mechanical Properties of CMAs.

7.3 Metal Matrix Composites Reinforced with CMAs.

7.4 Surface Mechanical Testing and Potential Applications.

7.5 Conclusions.

References.

8 CMA.s as Magnetocaloric Materials (Spomenka Kobe, Benjamin Podmilj4sak, Paul John McGuiness, and Matej Komelj).

8.1 Introduction.

8.2 Materials.

8.3 Magnetocaloric Effect and Hysteresis Losses of CMAs.

8.4 TEM Investigation of CMAs.

8.5 Conclusions.

References.

9 Recent Progress in the Development of Thermoelectric Materials with Complex Crystal Structures (Silke Paschen, Claude Godart, and Yuri Grin).

9.1 Introduction.

9.2 Thermoelectric Figure of Merit.

9.3 Design Principles.

9.4 Thermoelectric Materials.

9.5 Concluding Remarks.

References.

10 Complex Metallic Phases in Catalysis (Marc Armbrüster, Kirill Kovnir, Yuri Grin, and Robert Schlögl).

10.1 Introduction.

10.2 Why Use Intermetallic Compounds – The General Concept.

10.3 The Semihydrogenation of Acetylene.

10.4 Complex Metallic Phases as Platform Materials for Heterogeneous Catalysis.

References.

Index.