Thermal analysis of Micro, Nano- and Non-Crystalline Materials, 2013 Transformation, Crystallization, Kinetics and Thermodynamics Hot Topics in Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry Series, Vol. 9

Thermal Analysis of Micro-, Nano- and Non-Crystalline Materials: Transformation, Crystallization, Kinetics, and Thermodynamics complements and adds to volume 8 Glassy, Amorphous and Nano-Crystalline Materials by providing a coherent and authoritative overview of cutting-edge themes in this field. In particular, the book focuses on reaction thermodynamics and kinetics applied to solid-state chemistry and thermal physics of various states of materials.

Written by an international array of distinguished academics, the book deals with fundamental and historical aspects of phenomenological kinetics, equilibrium background of processes, crystal defects, non-stoichiometry and nano-crystallinity, reduced glass-transition temperatures and glass-forming coefficients, determination of the glass transition by DSC, the role of heat transfer and phase transition in DTA experiments, explanation of DTA/DSC methods used for the estimation of crystal nucleation, structural relaxation and viscosity behaviour in glass and associated relaxation kinetics, influence of preliminary nucleation and coupled phenomenological kinetics, nucleation on both the strongly curved surfaces and nano-particles, crystallization of glassy and amorphous materials including oxides, chalcogenides and metals, non-parametric and fractal description of kinetics, disorder and dimensionality in nano-crystalline diamond, thermal analysis of waste glass batches, amorphous inorganic polysialates and bioactivity of hydroxyl groups as well as reaction kinetics and unconventional glass formability of oxide superconductors.

Thermal Analysis of Micro-, Nano- and Non-Crystalline Materials: Transformation, Crystallization, Kinetics, and Thermodynamics is a valuable resource to advanced undergraduates, postgraduates, and researches working in the application fields of material thermodynamics, thermal analysis, thermophysical measurements, and calorimetry.

Some Fundamental and Historical Aspects of Phenomenological Kinetics in the Solid-State Studied by Thermal Analysis.- Equilibrium background of processes iniciated by heating and Ehrenfest’s classification of phase transitions.- Crystal defects and nonstoichiometry contributions to heat capacity of solids.- Forty years of the Turnbull reduced glass-transition temperature and Hrubý glass-forming coefficient and their current perception.- Heat transfer and phase transition in DTA experiment.- Determination of the glass transition by DSC: a comparison of conventional and dynamic techniques.- Structural relaxation and viscosity behavior in supercooled liquids at the glass transition.- Kinetics of structural relaxation in glasses.- Kinetics of crystal nucleation in closed systems.- Influence of preliminary nucleation on the physico-geometrical kinetics of glass crystallization.- Application of isoconversional methods for the processes occurring in glassy and amorphous materials. Fractals in solid state processes.- Crystallization of metallic micro-, nano- and non-crystalline alloys.- Crystallization kinetics in amorphous materials studied by means of calorimetry, microscopy and dilatometry.- Comments on DTA/DSC methods for estimation of crystal nucleation rates in glass-forming melts.- Non-parametric kinetic methods.- Electron transport studies of disorder and dimensionality in nanocrystalline diamond.- Controlled Nucleation and Crystallization for Nanoparticle Synthesis.- Nucleation on strongly curved surfaces of nanofibers.- Thermal analysis of waste glass batches: effect of batch makeup on gas-evolving reactions.- Amorphous inorganic polysialates — geopolymeric composites and the bioactivity of hydroxyl groups.- Oxide superconductors as model systems for studying phase relations, stoichiometry, reaction kinetics and unconventional glass formability.

Prof. Jaroslav Šesták, MEng., PhD., DSc.

Prof. Jaroslav Šesták, M.Eng., Ph.D., D.Sc., Dr.h.c. (*1938) Team leader of New Technology - Research Centre in Westbohemian Region, West Bohemian University in Pilsen. Emeritus Scientist of the Academy of Sciences. Institute of Physics in Prague, Czech Republic. Past chair of the Czech Working Group on Thermal Analysis. Winner of the 1993 ICTAC/TA International Award; Founding  affiliate of Thermochimica Acta (1970), Journal of Mining and Metallurgy (1996)  and Int. Journal of Applied Glass Science (2010). - 293 CC publications, 13 books, 2012 SCI citations, H-index 23.

Prof. Peter Šimon, MEng., PhD., DSc.

Prof. Peter Šimon, M.Eng., Ph.D., D.Sc. (*1952) Head of thermoanalytical laboratory, Institute of Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics, Slovak Technical University in Bratislava, Slovakia. Chair of the Slovak Group for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. Slovak Councilor at International Confederation for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (ICTAC); Member of the editorial board of Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - 140 CC publications, 4 book chapters, 800 SCI citations, H-index=20.