Mechanical behavior, including deformation and fracture of metals, compound semiconductors, intermetallic compounds and ice; processing and development of intermetallic compounds; recrystallization phenomena, particularly the effect of particles on recrystallization kinetics and processing by directional recrystallization; interdiffusion phenomena in metallic thin films and their influence on mechanical properties; applications of electron microscopy and x-ray topography, particularly in-situ deformation experiments to elucidate mechanical behavior; applications of x-ray diffraction and electron channeling, particularly for atom site location in intermetallic compounds; processing by rapid solidification and mechanical alloying, particularly for the production of nanocrystalline (magnetic) materials; the structure, chemistry and properties of ice cores, firn and snow; production and properties of nanocrystalline, particularly magnetic, materials
