Primary Recipient

YALE UNIVERSITY

Amount

$405,000.00

Award Date

5/21/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Knowledge of the link between phase transformations, microstructure, and mechanical properties will be studied in thin films by observing a new class of materials that undergo a martensitic (i.e. displacive) transformation. From this work, we will improve