Materials in Extreme Environments

This volume investigates the fundamental properties and response of materials in extreme environments such as static and dynamic high pressure, high strain and high strain-rates, high radiation and electromagnetic fields, high and low temperatures, corrosive conditions, environments causing embrittlement, and environments containing atomic oxygen. This is an extremely active and vibrant field of research, in particular because it is now possible to create laboratory conditions similar in pressure, temperature and radiation to those found in planetary interiors and in space. In addition, advanced simulation methods, coupled with high-performance computing platforms, now afford predictions¿on a first-principles basis¿of the properties of materials in extreme environments. Scientists from a broad spectrum of fields are represented, including space science, planetary science, high-pressure research, shock physics, ultrafast science, and energetic materials research.

Radiation shielding analysis for various materials in the extreme Jovian environment	p. 3
Dynamical fracture instabilities due to local hyperelasticity at crack tips	p. 15
Kinetics of the nucleation and growth of helium bubbles in bcc iron	p. 21
Experimental and ab initio investigations of osmium diboride	p. 27
Atomistic studies of crack branching at bimaterial interfaces : preliminary results	p. 37
Effect of pressure on electronic structure of Pb[subscript 1-x]Sn[subscript x]Te alloys doped with gallium	p. 43
Evidence for a structural transition to a superprotonic CsH[subscript 2]PO[subscript 4] phase under high pressure	p. 51
Time resolved dynamics of femtosecond laser ablation of Si (100) with thin thermal oxide layers (20-1200 nm)	p. 57
Spatially resolved microdiffraction analysis of the plastic deformation in the shock recovered Al single crystal	p. 63
Rapid synthesis of dielectric films by microwave assisted CVD	p. 69
Improvement on thermoelectric characteristics of layered nanostructure by ion beam bombardment	p. 81
Sol-gel synthesis of thick Ta[subscript 2]O[subscript 5] films for photonic band gap materials	p. 89
A novel mechanical method to measure shear strength in specimens under pressure	p. 99
Surface characterization of silicon carbide following shallow implantation of platinum ions for high temperature hydrogen sensing applications	p. 105
SiC based neutron flux monitors for very high temperature nuclear reactors	p. 111
Compression testing and microstructure of heat-treatable aluminum periodic cellular metal	p. 117
Effects of extreme radiation environment on composite materials	p. 123
Study of the effects of various nanopowders in the properties of GPC	p. 135
Chemical, mechanical and electrical properties of glassy polymeric carbon	p. 141
Metallurgical and corrosion studies of modified T91 grade steel	p. 149
A novel method for the diffusion of boron in 60-80 micron size natural diamond type II/A powder	p. 155
The corrosion behavior of nickel-base austenitic alloys for nuclear hydrogen generation	p. 161
Solar effects on tensile and optical properties of hubble space telescope silver-teflon insulation	p. 171
Surface modification of glassy polymeric carbon by glow discharge	p. 185
Nanostructural evolution of Au on silica surfaces exposed to low energy ions	p. 191
Effect of MeV Si ion bombardment on thermoelectric characteristics of sequentially deposited SiO[subscript 2]/Au[subscript x]SiO[subscript 2(1-x)] nanolayers	p. 197
Damage effects of ionizing radiation in polymer film electrets	p. 203
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