Microstructure is a feature of crystals with multiple symmetry-related energy-minimizing
states. Continuum models have been developed explaining microstructure as the mixture of …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses vibrational properties of shape-memory alloys.
The crystal structure of a given material depends on its energy and also its entropy, which …

Defying the conventional wisdom regarding first-order transitions, solid-solid displacive
transformations are often accompanied by pronounced pretransitional phenomena …

We demonstrate the use and benefits of quantum annealing approaches for the
determination of equilibrated microstructures in shape memory alloys and other materials …

We demonstrate the use of quantum annealing for the selection of multiple martensite
variants in a microstructure with long-range coherency stresses and external mechanical …

Do** point defects into shape memory alloys (SMAs) influences their transformation
behaviors and mechanical properties. We propose a general Landau free energy model to …

We study hierarchical structures such as branched twins in elastic materials based on a
model of martensitic materials in which hierarchical twinning near the habit plane (austenite …

We derive the field energy of micromagnetics by computing the limiting energy of a lattice of
dipoles as a typical lattice parameter goes to zero. Different limiting energies are obtained …

We demonstrate that a strain pseudospin model for martensitic alloys predicts a glass phase
in the presence of disorder, consistent with recent experiments on binary and ternary alloys …

A potentially new kind of glass transition may exist among phase-separated regions in La
0.215 Pr 0.41 Ca 3/8 MnO 3. We have observed a very large dam** of ultrasonic waves in …