Fundamentals
- Theory of diffusion
- Diffusion equations: Fick, Fokker-Planck, Cahn-Hilliard
- Atomistic, ab-initio, and phase field studies of diffusion
What is diffusing, where is it diffusing?
- Tracer diffusion, chemical interdiffusion, reactive diffusion
- Metals, semiconductors, ceramics, glasses, minerals, polymers
- Short-circuit diffusion paths (grain- and interphase boundaries, surfaces, dislocations)
- Thin films and multilayers, nanowires, nanotubes, nanoparticles
- Diffusion in driven systems, diffusion in irradiated materials
- Nanocrystalline and ultrafine grain materials
- Diffusion in biological systems
- New experimental techniques for diffusion studies
Diffusion-related phenomena
- Energy storage and conversion
- Wetting and joining
- Thermal processing and phase transformations
- Corrosion and oxidation