We review some of the factors that influence the hardness of polycrystalline materials with
grain sizes less than 1 µm. The fundamental physical mechanisms that govern the hardness …

This review summarizes recent advances in the area of tribology based on the outcome of a
Lorentz Center workshop surveying various physical, chemical and mechanical phenomena …

Grain boundaries (GBs) play an important role in the mechanical behavior of polycrystalline
materials. Despite decades of investigation, the atomic-scale dynamic processes of GB …

Grain boundaries (GBs) are central defects for describing polycrystalline materials, and
playing major role in a wide-range of physical properties of polycrystals. Control over GB …

The mechanical properties of nanocrystalline materials are reviewed, with emphasis on their
constitutive response and on the fundamental physical mechanisms. In a brief introduction …

In this manuscript we review experimental constraints for the viscosity of the upper mantle.
We first analyze experimental data to provide a critical review of flow law parameters for …

This textbook describes the physics of the plastic deformation of solids at high temperatures.
It is directed at geologists or geophysicists interested in the high-temperature behaviour of …

Although the present edition of Fundamentals of Creep in Metals and Alloys remains broadly
up to date for metals, there are a range of improvements and updates that are either …

Superplastic deformation of polycrystalline materials is usually accommodated by diffusion-
assisted grain boundary (GB) sliding at high temperatures. Lowering the temperature …

Sinteringof Ceramics provides the only comprehensive treatment ofthe theories and
principles of sintering and their application to the production of advanced ceramics. It …