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Tuesday, May 18, 2010
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
CNLS Conference Room (TA-3, Bldg 1690)

Seminar

Elastic effects in solid phase transitions: Binary alloys, Martensitic transitions, and dislocation dynamics

Akira Onuki
Physics Department, Kyoto University

I will discuss the effects of elasticity in solid phase transitions on the basis of our simulations of Ginzburg-Landau models. In particular, I will put emphasis on some cases in which the phase ordering is slowed down, resulting in pinned domain structures, due to inherent nonlinearity. Dislocation theory in two phase alloys will also be discussed. A. Onuki, Phase Transition Fynamics, Cambridge 2002.

Host: Turab Lookman