Thermodynamics of Crystalline Materials

Jean Claude Tedenac, presently Emeritus Professor at the University of Montpellier, was a full Professor at the former University Montpellier 2 until 2014. He was a Visiting Professor at the ITMO University in St. Petersburg, Russia in 2015-2016. His research focuses on the physical chemistry of semiconductors and problems of materials science. He has studied phase stabilities of bulk materials as well as thin films and nanomaterials. A major achievement has been connecting the thermodynamics of multicomponent systems, kinetics, and crystal growth for thermoelectric materials and titanium-based alloys. To date, he has published a total of 256 papers in ISI-indexed journals.

1 Introduction.- 2 General overview of crystallography and thermodynamics.- 3 Basic crystallography for thermodynamic modeling.- 4 Basic thermodynamics: From Principles to Phase equilibria.- 5 Ab initio calculations for thermodynamics.- 6 The thermodynamic approach to phase diagrams.- 7 The modern description of phase diagrams.- 8 The relationships between phase diagrams, phase equilibria and phase stability.- 9 Conclusion.- Appendix.- Index.