Phase-Field Method Applied to Strain-dominated Microstructure Evolution during Solid-State Phase Transformations

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Phenomenological Description of Solid State Phase Transformations Phase-Field Model of Solid State Phase Transformations Elastic Energy of a Microstructure Bulk Microstructures with Periodic Boandary Conditions A Single Crystal Film with Surface and Substrate Constraint Elastic Coupling of Structural Defects and Phase Transformations Phase-Field Model Applied to Solid State Phase Transformations Isostructural Phase Separation Precipitation of Cubic Intermetallic Precipitates in a Cubic Matrix Structural Transformations Resulting in a Point Group Symmetry Reduction Ferroelectric Phase Transformations Phase Transformation in a Reduced Dimensions: Thin Films and Surfaces Summary References.