The natural ageing and degradation of materials has been a subject of study by engineers and scientists for many, many years. But with the demands placed on new engineered materials and devices for electronics, computing, aerospace and biomedical applications, the reliability of such over time has become more and more crucial.

This new book brings together experts and key players in the physics of ageing to present the current thinking, the latest developments in understanding, and an offering of detailed accounts of emerging issues across a wide range of engineering applications