Springer Series in Materials Science

Physics of New Materials starts from basic science,specially solid-state physics, and then moves into theresearch and development of advanced materials. The emphasisof the discussions is concentrated on the electronicandatomic structures and properties of transition-metalsystems, liquidand amorphous materials, the nano-phasematerials, layered compounds, martensite and otherstructural-transformed materials, and ordered alloys.Though these discussions, the physical aspects andprinciples ofnew materials, such as strong ferromagneticalloys, shape memory alloys, amorphous alloys, ultra-fineparticles, intercalated layered compounds, deformableceramics, and nuclear-physics techniques. In addition tothese theoretical treatments, modern experimentaltechniques, exemplified by M|ssbauer spectroscopy andelectron microscopy, demonstrate the vast scope of schemesneeded in the development of new materials.