Instabilities in Solids

General

The structural stability of many materials has important implications for their properties and applications, and may be investigated at the electronic, atomic or microstructural level.

In this group, we investigate the static and dynamic structural properties of metallic and ceramic superconductors, zirconica-based ceramics, shape-memory alloys and other metallic alloys.

Video Segments from Dynamic Optical Microscopy

"Optical microscopy observations of transformation dynamics and effects of aging on the transformation temperatures in an Au-49.5at.%Cd alloy", Y. Kuroiwa, T.R. Finlayson and T.F. Smith.
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"The effects of biaxial stress on the martensitic transformation in Ni-Al", T.R. Finlayson, G.L. Kelly and T.F. Smith.
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"The martensitic transformation of an In 19at.% TI alloy", T.R. Finlayson, M.Liu and T.F. Smith.
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