Inorganic materials synthesis and fabrication / John N. Lalena [and others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- 1 Crystallographic and Microstructural Considerations -- 1.1 Relationship Between Physical Properties and Crystallographic Symmetry -- 1.2 Morphological Crystallography -- 1.3 Space Lattices -- 1.4 Surface and Interface Structures -- 1.5 Controlled Crystal Growth and Microstructural Evolution -- 1.6 Structures of Glassy and Quasicrystalline Phases -- References -- 2 Chemical Energetics and Atomistics of Reactions and Transformations in Solids -- 2.1 Equilibrium Thermodynamics -- 2.2 Structural Energetics -- 2.3 Grain Boundary Energy and Surface Energy Contributions -- 2.4 Mass Transport and Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics -- 2.5 Chemical Reaction and Phase Transformation Kinetics in Solids -- References -- 3 Solid-Vapor Reactions -- 3.1 Vapor-Phase Fundamentals -- 3.2 Vapor Absorption and Adsorption -- 3.3 Film Formation Basics -- 3.4 Vapor-Phase Intercalation -- 3.5 Physical Vapor Deposition -- 3.6 Chemical Vapor Deposition -- 3.7 Molecular Beam Epitaxy -- References -- 4 Solid-Liquid Reactions -- 4.1 Solid-Liquid Interface -- 4.2 Crystallization, Precipitation, and Solidification -- 4.3 Sol-Gel Processing -- 4.4 Solvothermal and Hydrothermal Techniques -- 4.5 Molten Salts and Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids -- 4.6 Electrochemical Synthesis -- References -- 5 Solid-Solid Reactions -- 5.1 Solid-Solid Interface -- 5.2 Ceramic Method -- 5.3 Mechanical Alloying -- 5.4 Combustion Synthesis -- 5.5 Microwave Synthesis -- References -- 6 Nanomaterials Synthesis -- 6.1 Top-Down Methods for Fabrication of Nanocrystalline Materials -- 6.2 Bottom-Up Methods for Synthesis of Nanostructured Solids -- References -- 7 Materials Fabrication -- 7.1 Influence of Structure on Materials Properties -- 7.2 Deformation and Solidification Methods -- 7.3 Consolidation Methods -- 7.4 Summary -- References -- Appendix A1: General Mechanical Engineering Terms -- Appendix A2: Green Materials Synthesis and Processing -- Index -- Last Page.

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Provides treatment on the topic of material synthesis, covering the most important methods in solid-state synthesis, related physical properties, as well as advances in the field. This title also discusses about materials fabrication.