Quasicrystals (eBook, PDF)

An Introduction to Structure, Physical Properties and Applications
Redaktion: Suck, J. -B.; Häussler, P.; Schreiber, M.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The book will provide a basic introduction to all aspects of the physics of quasicrystals, each chapter written by a foremost expert in the field. It will serve both as an introduction for newcomers and, simultaneously, as a general update for scientists working on special topics within the rapidly developing field of quasicrystals.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Seitenzahl: 564
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783662050286
• Artikelnr.: 53197725

Autorenporträt

Jens-Boie Suck, Technische Universität Chemnitz-Zwickau, Chemnitz, Germany / Michael Schreiber, Technische Universität Chemnitz-Zwickau, Chemnitz, Germany / Peter Häussler, Technische Universität Chemnitz-Zwickau, Chemnitz, Germany

Inhaltsangabe

1 Prehistory of Quasicrystals.- 2 A Guide to Mathematical Quasicrystals.- 3 Aperiodic Tilings on the Computer.- 4 Quasicrystallography.- 5 Experimental Determination of the Structure of Quasicrystalline Alloys: Experimental Techniques and Modeling.- 6 Electron Microscopy and Surface Investigations of Quasicrystals.- 7 Structure of Quasicrystals via Pair Potentials.- 8 Quasicrystals as Hierarchical Packing of Overlapping Clusters.- 9 Modeling Quasicrystal Growth.- 10 Production of Quasicrystalline Alloys and Phase Diagrams.- 11 Undercooling of Quasicrystal-Forming Liquid Alloys.- 12 Phasons, Dislocations, and Cracks.- 13 Defects.- 14 Ion Channeling in Quasicrystals.- 15 Mechanical Properties of Quasicrystals.- 16 Electronic Conductivity of Quasicrystals and Approximants.- 17 Electron Densities of States in Quasicrystals and Approximants.- 18 Electronic Transport Properties of Quasicrystalline Thin Films.- 19 Electron Transport in a Magnetic Field: A Landauer-Formula Approach.- 20 Phonons and Electrons in Quasicrystals.- 21 Computer Simulations of Lattice Dynamics in Quasicrystals.- 22 Experimental Determination of the Dispersion of Vibrations in Monodomain Quasicrystalline Alloys.- 23 Vibrational Density of States of Stable and Metastable Quasicrystalline Alloys.- 24 Thermodynamics of Quasicrystals.- 25 Magnetic Properties of Quasicrystals and Approximants.- 26 Bulk and Surface Properties of Quasicrystalline Materials and Their Potential Applications.- A Further Reading: Literature on Quasicrystals.