Quasicrystals : A Primer

English

ISBN: 0199657408

EAN: 9780199657407

Category: Science / Earth Sciences / Geology

Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated

Release Date: 09/30/2012

Synopsis: In 1984 physicists discovered a monster in the world of crystallography, a structure that appeared to contain five-fold symmetry axes, which cannot exist in strictly periodic structures. Such quasi-periodic structures became known as quasicrystals. A previously formulated theory in terms of higher dimensional space groups was applied to them and new alloy phases were prepared which exhibited the properties expected from this model more closely. Thus many of theearly controversies were dissolved. This primer provides a descriptive approach to the subject for those coming to it for the first time. The various practical, experimental, and theoretical topics are dealt with in an accessible style. The book is completed by problem sets and there is a computer program that generates a Penrose lattice.

Quasicrystals : A Primer

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Edition: 2

Height: 2.3 inches

Width: 6.14 inches

Length: 9.21 inches

Weight: 22.58 oz

Pages: 426