Preface
Professor B.J.Briscoe
Slippery Customers; Sticky Problems
1.Interface Engineering——The Scope
1.1.Adhesion
1.2 Friction
1.3.Lubrication
1.4.Damage
1.5.Wear
2.Historical Contexts
3.Principles of Interpretation
3.1.The adhesion model of friction
3.2.The deformation models
3.3.Other processes
4.Tribological Interfaces; Some Examples
5.Interfaces in Assemblies
6.Solid Processing and Production Engineering; Frictional Walls
7.Final Reflection
8.Challenges for the Future
9.Personal Remarks
Acknowledgements
References
Professor A.J.Kinloch
Sticking up for Adhesives
1.Introduction
2.Interfacial Contact and Intrinsic Adhesion
2.1.Introduction
2.2.Mechanisms of intrinsic adhesion
2.3.The bonding of fibre-cor0posite materials
2.4.The use of organometallic primers
3.Hardening the Adhesive
3.1.Introduction
3.2.Chemical aspects
3.3.Multiphase adhesives
4.Predicting the Strength and Service Life of Adhesive Joints
4.1.Introduction
4.2.The fatigue behaviour of adhesive joints
5.Conclusions
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Professor D.B.Holt
Magical Materials for Motionless Machines
1.Introduction
1.1.Half the story of materials
1.2.The other half of the materials story
2.Grain Boundary Electroluminescence in GaP
3.Scanning Electron Microscope Electron Beam Induced
Current (EBIC) and Cathodoluminescence (CL)
3.1.Monte Carlo electron trajectory simulations
3.2.Applications of scanning electron microscopy to optoelectronic devices
4.Scanning Electron Microscope Characterisation of Quantum Confined Structures
5.Magical Materials for Motionless Machines
Acknowledgements
References
Professor Alan Atkinson
Interfaces in Materials- If You Can’’t Beat Them,
Join Them
1.Introduction
2.Grain Boundaries- Historical Development
2.1.Early metallography
2.2.The twentieth century
3.Oxide Grain Boundaries and High Temperature
Corrosion of Metals
4.Interfaces between Two Different Solids
4.1.Oxide layers on metals
4.2.Interfaces in composites
4.3.Epitaxial interfaces between semiconductors
5.Interfaces between Solids and Liquids
5.1.Processing ceramics
5.2.High strength cements
5.Future Opportunities and Concluding Remarks
Acknowledgements
References
Professor Rees D.Rawlings
Brittleness- A Tough Problem
1.Introduction
2.Deformation of Metals
3.Ceramic Components and Fibres
4.Composites
5.Ceramic Matrix Composites
6.Metal Matrix Composites and Functionally Graded Materials
7.Listening to Cracks
Acknowledgements
References
Contents
Professor Larry L.Hench
The Story of Bioglass: From Concept to Clinic
1.The Beginning
2.The Problem
3.The Concept: Bioactive Bonding
4.Bioactive Glasses
5.Four Paths of Development
6.Bioactive Composites
7.Molecular Tailoring of Surface Chemistry
8.Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
Index