Quasicrystals /

This book is aimed at researchers who are working in a field of quasicrystals to provide a reference to recent developments and ideas in the field and also at graduate students, who intend to study quasicrystals, to provide introduction of ideas. Topics in this book cover an entire field of quasicry...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Fujiwara, T. (Takeo), 1944-, Ishii, Yasushi
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Handbook of metal physics.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This book is aimed at researchers who are working in a field of quasicrystals to provide a reference to recent developments and ideas in the field and also at graduate students, who intend to study quasicrystals, to provide introduction of ideas. Topics in this book cover an entire field of quasicrystals, both experimental and theoretical, including new developments: the state of the art in quasicrystallography, new families of quasicrystals, phasons in aperiodic solids, ab initio studies on stability mechanism, quantum transport phenomena, elastic/plastic properties and surface of quasicrystals. Comprehensive reviews by experts in the field Complete reference of original papers and new topics Intelligible introduction of quasicrystals by experts.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 359 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780444514189
044451418X
9780080555973
0080555977