Grain Boundaries in Ceramic Materials: Amorphous Phases     and Interfacial Bonding (Materials Research)
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This is a Research Planning Grant under the Research                       Opportunities For Women Program.  The objective of the research                 is to study the fundamental aspects of bonding at ceramic grain                 boundaries.  The forces that exist at the grain boundaries will                 be measured directly with a new instrument which determines the                 forces required to bring two ceramic surfaces together and then                 separate them.  The forces will be measured as a function of                    crystallographic direction in the crystalline ceramic surfaces.                 Scanning electron microscopy and analytical transmission electron               microscopy will also be used to characterize the ceramic crystals               and the amorphous grain boundaries.  Microcrack propagation and                 electrical properties will also be measured for the boundaries.                                                                                                      No such direct measurement of the repulsive/attractive                     forces between the two crystal surfaces has yet been possible.                  The surface forces apparatus provides an exciting opportunity to                obtain new information on the physical properties of ceramic                    grain boundaries and the role of the amorphous intergranular                    phases.
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