Basic Concepts
-Survey of phase transformations in solids
- Transformations of various orders
- Homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions
- The concept of nucleation-and-growth
- Classification of transformations
- Activated processes
Phenomena at Crystal Surfaces and Interfaces
-Coherency in nucleation
- Crystal growth from vapour phase
- Faceted growth
- Role of structure of interface
Diffusion Controlled Transformations
under Local Equilibrium
- Mathematics of diffusion
- Exact and approximate solutions
- Effect of pressure, surface tension and stresses
Stability Problems
- Morphological stability
- Stability principles in dynamic systems
- Spinodal decomposition
Nucleation, Coarsening and Inverse Coarsening
- Concept of critical size
- Theory of fluctuations
- The Lifshitz-Slyozov-Wagner theory
- Effect of stresses - inverse coarsening
Interface Control in Phase Transformation
- Finite interface mobility
- Solute drag in grain growth
- Solute trapping
- Transition to partitionless transformations
- Massive transformations
Martensitic and Massive Transformations
- Thermodynamics of partitionless transformations
- The role of the phase interface
- Coherency and anti coherency dislocations
- Nucleation of martensite
- Stress induced martensite
Higher-Order Phase Transformations
- Landau-Lifshitz treatment
- Internal variables
- Ordering reactions
- Amorphous solidification and glass transition