Abstract
The 13th International Conference on Intergranular and Interphase Boundaries in Materials (iib2010) was held at Shima Kanko Hotel, in Shima city, Mie prefecture, Japan, on June 27–July 2, 2010. This conference is held every 3 years, and serves as an unique venue for specialists and researchers in different areas of interface science to discuss and exchange their ideas with one another. Many properties of materials are closely related to the structure of the interfaces and grain boundaries, in which vacancies, interstitials, dopants, segregated atoms, dislocations, and dangling bonds often accumulate. Recent progress in microstructural characterization, such as advanced electron microscopy, spectroscopic techniques, and new X-ray and nuclear methods, have made it possible to study interfaces and grain boundaries quantitatively, from the atomic scale through to the macroscopic scale. At the same time, theoretical calculations play a great role in these fields. We therefore find ourselves entering a new stage of the study of interfaces and grain boundaries. Quantitative information obtained in this new era of research will be used for the rational design and development of new materials. Following the successful discussions in the past twelve iib conferences, various issues relating to interfacial phenomena in solids were chosen for particular coverage in iib2010. This conference focused on the atomic-scale characterization and properties of interfaces, including atomic level modeling, microscopy, spectroscopy, thermodynamics, mechanical, electrical, and magnetic properties. The iib conference series is devoted to the exposition of recent advances and outlining of future directions in the field of solid–solid interface science, and the following topics were selected as special sessions at iib2010.
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