Front Cover; Solid State Physics, Volume 50; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Some Fundamentals of Grain Growth; I. Introduction; II. Ideal Grain Growth; III. Some Elementary Solutions; IV. The Motion of Boundary Intersections in 2D and 3D; V. The Law of Mullins and von Neumann; VI. Asymptotic Properties and the Fate of Small Cells; VII. Approximate Models; VIII. Three-Dimensional Simulation; IX. Analogous Systems; X. Separated Grains: The Lifshitz-Slyozov Theory; XI. Conclusions; Chapter 2. Nucleation Theory; I. Introduction; II. Classical Theory.

III. Kinetic ApproachIV. Rate Equation; V. Fokker-Planck Equation; VI. Topics in Multicomponent Nucleation; Chapter 3. Driven Alloys; I. Introduction; II. Typical Examples of Phase Transformations in Driven Alloys; III. Phenomenological Theory; IV. Typical Predictions and Experimental Assessments; V. Conclusions; Chapter 4. Light Emission from Silicon; I. Overview; II. Intrinsic Luminescence in Silicon; III. Extrinsic Luminescence; IV. Silicon Alloys; V. Strain Fields; VI. Nanostructured Silicon; VII. Applications; VIII. Conclusions; Author Index; Subject Index.