Handbook of Solid State Diffusion, Volume 1: Diffusion Fundamentals and Techniques

covers the basic fundamentals, techniques, applications, and latest developments in the area of solid-state diffusion, offering a pedagogical understanding for students, academicians, and development engineers. Both experimental techniques and computational methods find equal importance in the first of this two-volume set.

Volume 1 covers the fundamentals and techniques of solid-state diffusion, beginning with a comprehensive discussion of defects, then different analyzing methods, and finally concluding with an exploration of the different types of modeling techniques.

- Presents a handbook with a short mathematical background and detailed examples of concrete applications of the sophisticated methods of analysis

- Enables readers to learn the basic concepts of experimental approaches and the computational methods involved in solid-state diffusion

- Covers bulk, thin film, and nanomaterials

- Introduces the problems and analysis in important materials systems in various applications

- Collates contributions from academic and industrial problems from leading scientists involved in developing key concepts across the globe