Diffusion Processes in Advanced Technological Materials (Materials Science and Process Technology)

"deserves a permanent place on the desk of many people ..." - Helmut Mehrer, Professor in Physics, Institut fnr Materialphysik, UniversitSt Mnnster, Germany Content: Contributors , Pages xiii-xvi Preface , Pages xvii-xviii , Devendra Gupta 1 - Diffusion in Bulk Solids and Thin Films: Some Phenomenological Examples , Pages 1-68 , Devendra Gupta 2 - Solid State Diffusion and Bulk Properties , Pages 69-111 , Gyanendra P. Tiwari, Radhey S. Mehrotra, Yoshiaki Iijima 3 - Atomistic Computer Simulation of Diffusion , Pages 113-171 , Yuri Mishin 4 - Bulk and Grain Boundary Diffusion in Intermetallic Compounds , Pages 173-238 , Christian Herzig, Sergiy Divinski 5 - Diffusion Barriers in Semiconductor Devices/Circuits , Pages 239-281 , Shyam P. Murarka 6 - Reactive Phase Formation: Some Theory and Applications , Pages 283-332 , François M. d'Heurle, Christian Lavoie, Patrick Gas, Jean Philibert 7 - Metal Diffusion in Polymers and on Polymer Surfaces , Pages 333-363 , Franz Faupel, Vladimir Zaporojtchenko, Axel Thran, Thomas Strunskus, Michael Kiene 8 - Measurement of Stresses in Thin Films and Their Relaxation , Pages 365-404 , Oliver Kraft, Huajian Gao 9 - Electromigration in Cu Thin Films , Pages 405-487 , Chao-Kun Hu, Lynne M. Gignac, Robert Rosenberg 10 - Diffusion in Some Perovskites: HTSC Cuprates and a Piezoelectric Ceramic , Pages 489-527 , Devendra Gupta Index , Pages 529-532 * "deserves a permanent place on the desk of many people ..." - Helmut Mehrer, Professor in Physics, Institut fnr Materialphysik, UniversitSt Mnnster, Germany Content: Contributors, __Pages xiii-xvi__Preface, __Pages xvii-xviii__, Devendra Gupta1 - Diffusion in Bulk Solids and Thin Films: Some Phenomenological Examples, __Pages 1-68__, Devendra Gupta2 - Solid State Diffusion and Bulk Properties, __Pages 69-111__, Gyanendra P. Tiwari, Radhey S. Mehrotra, Yoshiaki Iijima3 - Atomistic Computer Simulation of Diffusion, __Pages 113-171__, Yuri Mishin4 - Bulk and Grain Boundary Diffusion in Intermetallic Compounds, __Pages 173-238__, Christian Herzig, Sergiy Divinski5 - Diffusion Barriers in Semiconductor Devices/Circuits, __Pages 239-281__, Shyam P. Murarka6 - Reactive Phase Formation: Some Theory and Applications, __Pages 283-332__, François M. d'Heurle, Christian Lavoie, Patrick Gas, Jean Philibert7 - Metal Diffusion in Polymers and on Polymer Surfaces, __Pages 333-363__, Franz Faupel, Vladimir Zaporojtchenko, Axel Thran, Thomas Strunskus, Michael Kiene8 - Measurement of Stresses in Thin Films and Their Relaxation, __Pages 365-404__, Oliver Kraft, Huajian Gao9 - Electromigration in Cu Thin Films, __Pages 405-487__, Chao-Kun Hu, Lynne M. Gignac, Robert Rosenberg10 - Diffusion in Some Perovskites: HTSC Cuprates and a Piezoelectric Ceramic, __Pages 489-527__, Devendra GuptaIndex, __Pages 529-532__ 1. DIFFUSION IN BULK SOLIDS AND THIN FILMS: SOME PHENOMENOLOGICAL EXAMPLES, Devendra Gupta 2. SOLID STATE DIFFUSION AND BULK PROPERTIES, G.P. Tiwari, R.S. Mehrotra, and Y. Iijima 3. ATOMISTIC COMPUTER SIMULATIONS OF DIFFUSION, Y. Mishin 4. BULK AND GRAIN BOUNDARY DIFFUSION IN INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS, Christain Herzig and Sergiy Divinski 5. DIFFUSION BARRIERS IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES/CIRCUITS, Shyam P. Murarka 6. REACTIVE PHASE FORMATION: SOME THEORY AND APPLICATIONS, F. M. d'Heurle, P. Gas, C. Lavoie, and J. Philibert. 7. METAL DIFFUSION IN POLYMERS AND ON POLYMER SURFACES, F. Faupel, A. Thran, V. Zaporojtchenko, T Strunskus and M. Kiene 8. MEASUREMENT OF STRESSES IN THIN FILMS AND THEIR RELAXATION, O. Kraft and H. Gao 9. ELECTROMIGRATION in Cu THIN FILMS, C.-K. Hu, L. Gignac, R. Rosenberg 10. DIFFUSION IN SOME PEROVSKITES: HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPER CONDUCTING AND A PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC, Devendra Gupta This New Game Book For Understanding Atoms At Play Aims To Document Diffusion Processes And Various Other Properties Operative In Advanced Technological Materials. Diffusion In Functional Organic Chemicals, Polymers, Granular Materials, Complex Oxides, Metallic Glasses, And Quasi-crystals Among Other Advanced Materials Is A Highly Interactive And Synergic Phenomenon. A Large Variety Of Atomic Arrangements Are Possible. Each Arrangement Affects The Performance Of These Advanced, Polycrystalline Multiphase Materials Used In Photonics, Mems, Electronics, And Other Applications Of Current And Developing Interest. This Book Is Written By Pioneers In Industry And Academia For Engineers, Chemists, And Physicists In Industry And Academia At The Forefront Of Today's Challenges In Nanotechnology, Surface Science, Materials Science, And Semiconductors. This book documents diffusion processes and various other properties operative in advanced technological materials. Diffusion in functional organic chemicals, polymers, granular materials, complex oxides, metallic glasses, and quasi-crystals among other advanced materials is a highly interactive and synergic phenomenon. A large variety of atomic arrangements are possible. Each arrangement affects the performance of these advanced, polycrystalline multiphase materials used in photonics, MEMS, electronics, and other applications of current and developing interest. This book is written by pioneers in industry and academia for engineers, chemists, and physicists in industry and academia at the forefront of today's challenges in nanotechnology, surface science, materials science, and semiconductors The science of diffusion had its beginnings in the early nineteenth century, although the metal artisans of antiquity used the phenomenon to make such objects as the Damascus swords by the cementation process and gilded bronze and copper wares from gold amalgam.