Abstract Scope |
Interfaces between dissimilar materials and grain boundaries separating differently oriented crystals of the same phase appear in almost all technological material systems. Physical characteristics of common interest include interface energy, adhesion, and space charge, and these properties are often important to understand kinetic parameters such as interface diffusion, interface mobility, and spreading. It is also clear that a comprehensive understanding of interface properties cannot remain only at the continuum, but also requires an understanding of interface atomistic structure, adsorption, and how these parameters affect equilibrium properties and interface related kinetics. This presentation will address the continuum via analysis of wetting at model solid-liquid and solid-solid metal-ceramic interfaces, and connect wetting with local atomistic interface structure and chemistry. |