Computation and Simulation of the Effect of Microstructures on Material Properties

Many material properties depend on specific details of microstructure and both optimal material performance and material reliability often correlate directly to microstructure. In nano- and micro-systems, the material's microstructure has a characteristic length scale that approaches that of th...

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Main Author: Carter, W. Craig
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: 2003
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/3659
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description Many material properties depend on specific details of microstructure and both optimal material performance and material reliability often correlate directly to microstructure. In nano- and micro-systems, the material's microstructure has a characteristic length scale that approaches that of the device in which it is used. Fundamental understanding and prediction of material behavior in nano- and micro-systems depend critically on methods for computing the effect of microstructure. Methods for including the physics and spatial attributes of microstructures are presented for a number of materials applications in devices. The research in our group includes applications of computation of macroscopic response of material microstructures, the development of methods for calculating microstructural evolution, and the morphological stability of structures. In this review, research highlights are presented for particular methods for computing the response in: 1) rechargeable lithium ion battery microstructures, 2) photonic composites with anisotropic particulate morphologies, 3) crack deflection in partially devitrified metallic glasses.
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spelling mit-1721.1/36592019-04-12T08:08:43Z Computation and Simulation of the Effect of Microstructures on Material Properties Carter, W. Craig microstructure nano-systems micro-systems rechargeable lithium ion batteries photonic composites crack deflection partially devitrified metallic glass anisotropic morphology Many material properties depend on specific details of microstructure and both optimal material performance and material reliability often correlate directly to microstructure. In nano- and micro-systems, the material's microstructure has a characteristic length scale that approaches that of the device in which it is used. Fundamental understanding and prediction of material behavior in nano- and micro-systems depend critically on methods for computing the effect of microstructure. Methods for including the physics and spatial attributes of microstructures are presented for a number of materials applications in devices. The research in our group includes applications of computation of macroscopic response of material microstructures, the development of methods for calculating microstructural evolution, and the morphological stability of structures. In this review, research highlights are presented for particular methods for computing the response in: 1) rechargeable lithium ion battery microstructures, 2) photonic composites with anisotropic particulate morphologies, 3) crack deflection in partially devitrified metallic glasses. Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA) 2003-11-10T19:22:28Z 2003-11-10T19:22:28Z 2003-01 Article http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/3659 en_US Advanced Materials for Micro- and Nano-Systems (AMMNS); 1062489 bytes application/pdf application/pdf
spellingShingle microstructure
nano-systems
micro-systems
rechargeable lithium ion batteries
photonic composites
crack deflection
partially devitrified metallic glass
anisotropic morphology
Carter, W. Craig
Computation and Simulation of the Effect of Microstructures on Material Properties
title Computation and Simulation of the Effect of Microstructures on Material Properties
title_full Computation and Simulation of the Effect of Microstructures on Material Properties
title_fullStr Computation and Simulation of the Effect of Microstructures on Material Properties
title_full_unstemmed Computation and Simulation of the Effect of Microstructures on Material Properties
title_short Computation and Simulation of the Effect of Microstructures on Material Properties
title_sort computation and simulation of the effect of microstructures on material properties
topic microstructure
nano-systems
micro-systems
rechargeable lithium ion batteries
photonic composites
crack deflection
partially devitrified metallic glass
anisotropic morphology
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