Science and Technology of Crystal Growth /

The future will reveal an ever increasing demand for crystals having highly specific properties while, at the same time, crystal growth systems will come to be increasingly restricted by environmental and budgetary constraints. If the technology is based on trial and error and the science restricted...

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Main Author: Eerden, J. P.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Bruinsma, O. S. L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint : Springer, 1995.
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Summary:The future will reveal an ever increasing demand for crystals having highly specific properties while, at the same time, crystal growth systems will come to be increasingly restricted by environmental and budgetary constraints. If the technology is based on trial and error and the science restricted to irrelevant model systems, these demands will come into conflict. But if technological developments incorporate scientific understanding, then environmental, financial, material and fundamental perspectives often turn out to run surprisingly parallel. It is this integration of approaches to which <em>Science and Technology</em> <em>of Crystal Growth</em> aspires. Starting from basic physical and chemical knowledge, the reader is encouraged to build to the state of the art level, assisted by the many thousands of references to the original literature. The aspects covered range from mass crystallization technology to numerical modeling, from biological materials to fundamental physics, and from chemical reaction dynamics to the nonlinear dynamics of pattern formation. <br/> <em>Audience</em>: An ideal starting point for postgraduate researchers and process engineers. A high-level, interdisciplinary approach to crystallization. <br/>
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (412 pages 20 illustrations)
ISBN:9789401101370 (electronic bk.)
940110137X (electronic bk.)