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1 online resource (xx, 482 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover -- FOREWORD THE GOLDEN MEAN AND THE KITCHEN -- References -- Contents -- CHAPTER 1 WHAT TO KNOW TO START WITH -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Classical and Non-Classical Crystals -- 3 The Reciprocal Space -- 4 The Search for Enhanced Mechanical Properties -- 5 The Birth of a Monster -- 6 The Quarrel of Ancients and Moderns -- 7 The World of Quasicrystals -- 8 Recovering the Periodicity -- 9 Organised Disorder: the Phasons -- 10 From Tilings to Coverings -- References -- CHAPTER 2 STRANGE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Basics of Metal Physics, in Very Simple Words -- 2.1 Electron Transport in Metallic Crystals -- 2.2 Electron Bands -- 2.3 The Hume-Rothery Rules in Crystals -- 3 Electronic Transport in Quasicrystals -- 3.1 Phenomenological Data -- 3.2 An Insulator Made of Metals -- 3.3 Quantum Interference Effects -- 3.4 Variable Range Hopping -- 3.5 Hierarchical Recurrent Localization -- 3.6 Optical Properties -- 3.7 Another Step Towards a Model of Electronic Conductivity -- 4 Electron Densities of States -- 4.1 Pseudogap and Relevant Experimental Information -- 4.2 The Hume-Rothery Gap in Related Crystals -- 4.3 Surface Electronic States -- 4.4 A Bit More about d-states and the Role of Transition Metals -- 4.5 Enhanced Stability of Quasicrystals and Approximants -- 5 Lattice Dynamics and Thermal Conductivity -- 5.1 Lattice Vibrations in Icosahedral Mono-Domain Samples -- 5.2 Heat Conduction -- 5.3 Structural Scattering of Phonons -- 5.4 Electronic Contribution to Heat Transport -- 6 Magnetism -- References -- CHAPTER 3 WHEN ATOMS MOVE AWAY -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Brittle Intermetallics that End into Chewing-Gum -- 2.1 Hardness, Brittleness and Low Friction -- 2.2 Plastic Behaviour at Elevated Temperature -- 2.3 The Role of Dislocations -- 2.4 Behind Dislocations, Cluster Friction -- 3 Non-Conventional Surfaces -- 3.1 Rough and Flat Surfaces -- 3.2 Static Friction on Clean Surfaces -- 4 Oxidation Behaviour -- 4.1 Dependence on Oxidizing Environment -- 4.2 Kinetics and Temperature Dependence -- 5 Atomic Mobility -- 5.1 Atomic Transport in Normal Crystals -- 5.2 Diffusion in Icosahedral Quasicrystals -- 5.3 Phason Assisted Diffusion -- 5.4 Atomic Jumps -- References -- CHAPTER 4 PREPARATION AND MASS PRODUCTION -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Phase Selection -- 3 The Multitude of Approximants -- 3.1 Crystals and Approximants in the Al-Cu-Fe-Cr System -- 3.2 B2 -- Based Approximants in Relation to Quasicrystals -- 4 Phase Diagrams -- 4.1 Growth from the Liquid State -- 4.2 Equilibrium Phase-Diagram Data -- 5 Phase Transformations -- 5.1 Order-Disorder Transitions -- 5.2 Phason-Driven Transitions -- 5.3 Pressure-Induced Transitions -- 5.4 Surface Transformations -- 6 Preparation in the Laboratory -- 6.1 Out-of-Equilibrium Methods -- 6.2 Mono-Domain Samples -- 6.3 The Nightmare of Growing a Stable Quasicrystal -- 6.4 Sintering -- 7 The Thick Coatings Route -- 7.1 Thermal Spraying versus Magnetron Sputtering Techniques -- 7.2 Processing of Atomized Powders -- 7.3 Polishing and Surface Preparation -- 7.4 Phase Stability of Quasicrystalline Coatings in Agressive Media -- 8 Thin Films and Nanosized Precipitates -- 8.1 Multilayers or Vapour Deposited Films -- 8.2 New Data from Kinetics of Growth -- 8.3 Nanosized Pr. |
| Summary |
The aim of this book is to acquaint the reader with what the author regards as the most basic characteristics of quasicrystals structure, formation and stability, properties in relationship with the applications of quasicrystalline materials. Quasicrystals are fascinating substances that form a family of specific structures with strange physical and mechanical properties as compared to those of metallic alloys. This, on the one hand, is stimulating intensive research to understand the most basic properties of quasicrystals in the frame of a generalized crystallography. On the other hand, th. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Quasicrystals.
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Quasicrystals. |
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Physics.
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Physics. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dubois, Jean-Marie. Useful quasicrystals. New Jersey : World Scientific, ©2005 9810232543 9812561889 (OCoLC)61117878 |
| ISBN |
9810232543 |
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9789810232542 |
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9812567887 (electronic book) |
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9789812567888 (electronic book) |
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1281880906 |
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9781281880901 |
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