Aperiodic 94 Proceedings Of The International Conference On Aperiodic Crystals

Author : Gervais Chapuis,W Paciorek
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1995-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814549943

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Aperiodic '94 - Proceedings Of The International Conference On Aperiodic Crystals by Gervais Chapuis,W Paciorek Pdf

The conference promotes the theoretical and methodological development of crystallographic investigations of aperiodic crystals including modulated structures, polytypes, incommensurate misfit or composite crystals and quasi crystals. It also promotes scientific interchange among groups working in the various fields of aperiodic materials. Special emphasis will be given to multidisciplinary aspects of aperiodicity.

Author : Roland Currat,Marc De Boissieu,Jean-louis Verger-gaugry
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 830 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1999-01-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814545228

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Aperiodic'97 - Proceedings Of The International Conference On Aperiodic Crystals by Roland Currat,Marc De Boissieu,Jean-louis Verger-gaugry Pdf

This book deals with various aspects of aperiodic crystals, quasicrystals, incommensurate crystals, composite crystals, modulated crystals and polytypes. It is mainly oriented towards crystallographic investigations and to the search for new theoretical and methodological methods aiming to model this state of matter and to understand the links between the structure and the properties. Basically multidisciplinary, the book covers many fields of aperiodic crystals, from materials science to mathematics.

Author : G. Chapuis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 804 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : SCIENCE
ISBN : 9814528897

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Aperiodic '97 by G. Chapuis Pdf

Author : Siegbert Schmid,Ray L. Withers,Ron Lifshitz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789400764316

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Aperiodic Crystals by Siegbert Schmid,Ray L. Withers,Ron Lifshitz Pdf

Aperiodic Crystals collects 37 selected papers from the scientific contributions presented at Aperiodic 2012 - the Seventh International Conference on Aperiodic Crystalsheld held in Cairns, Australia, 2-7 of September 2012. The volume discusses state-of-the-art discoveries, new trends and applications of aperiodic crystals - including incommensurately modulated crystals, composite crystals, and quasicrystals - from a wide range of different perspectives. Starting with a general historical introduction to aperiodic crystals, the book proceeds to examine the complex mathematics of aperiodic long-range order, as well as the theoretical approaches aimed at understanding some of the unique properties and mechanisms underlying the existence of aperiodic crystals. The book then explores in detail such topics as complex metallic alloys, modulated structures, quasicrystals and their approximants, dynamics, disorder and defects in quasicrystals. It concludes with an analysis of quasicrystal surfaces and their properties. By describing the latest research and the progress made on the structure determination of aperiodic crystals and the influence of this unique structure on their physical properties, this book represents a valuable resource to mathematicians, crystallographers, physicists, chemists, materials and surface scientists, and even architects and artists, interested in the fascinating nature of aperiodic crystals.

Author : Shin Takeuchi,Takeo Fujiwara
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 827 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1998-01-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814545334

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Quasicrystals: Proceedings Of The 6th International Conference (Yamada Conference Xl Vii) by Shin Takeuchi,Takeo Fujiwara Pdf

This volume covers all scientific aspects relating to quasicrystals, such as tilings, generalized crystallography, sample preparation, structure determination, the growth mechanism, phase transition, and physical and chemical properties (including electronic, dynamical and mechanical properties).

Author : Ted Janssen,Gervais Chapuis,Marc de Boissieu
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007-05-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780198567776

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Aperiodic Crystals by Ted Janssen,Gervais Chapuis,Marc de Boissieu Pdf

Most materials and crystals have an atomic structure which is described by a regular stacking of a microscopic fundamental unit, the unit cell. However, there are also many well ordered materials without such a unit cell. This book deals with the structure determination and a discussion of the main special properties of these materials.

Author : J.-B. Suck,M. Schreiber,P. Häussler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662050286

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Quasicrystals by J.-B. Suck,M. Schreiber,P. Häussler Pdf

The book provides an introduction to all aspects of the physics of quasicrystals. The chapters, each written by an expert in this field, cover quasiperiodic tilings and the modeling of the atomic structure of quasicrystals. The electronic density of states and the calculation of the electronic structure play a key role in this introduction, as does an extensive discussion of the atomic dynamics. The study of defects in quasicrystals by high resolution electron microscopy and the computer simulations of defects and fracture in decorated tilings are important subjects for the application of these aperiodic crystals.

Author : C Janot,R Mosseri
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 856 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1995-12-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814548656

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Quasicrystals - Proceedings Of The 5th International Conference by C Janot,R Mosseri Pdf

These proceedings cover topics related to Quasicrystals, including tiling descriptions, high dimensional crystallography, structure studies, metallurgy and phase diagrams, and also properties with special emphasis on dynamics, electronic and mechanical behaviour. For the first time, materials made of metals only that behave as insulators are presented. For the first time also application focused research and processing of Quasicrystalline materials are addressed.Invited speakers: J Friedel, D Shechtman, M Baake, D Basov, C Berger, M de Boissieu, T Fujiwara, S Khanna, Y Meyer, S J Poon, C Sire, H Trebin, A P Tsai, M Widdom, M Wollgarten, Z Zhang.

Author : David Divincenzo,Paul J Steinhardt
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1999-11-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814493901

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Quasicrystals: The State Of The Art (2nd Edition) by David Divincenzo,Paul J Steinhardt Pdf

Quasicrystals: The State of the Art has proven to be a useful introduction to quasicrystals for mathematicians, physicists, materials scientists, and students. The original intent was for the book to be a progress report on recent developments in the field. However, the authors took care to adopt a broad, pedagogical approach focusing on points of lasting value. Many subtle and beautiful aspects of quasicrystals are explained in this book (and nowhere else) in a way that is useful for both the expert and the student.In this second edition, some authors have appended short notes updating their essays. Two new chapters have been added. Chapter 16, by Goldman and Thiel, reviews the experimental progress since the first edition (1991) in making quasicrystals, determining their structure, and finding applications. In Chapter 17, Steinhardt discusses the quasi-unit cell picture, a promising, new approach for describing the structure and growth of quasicrystals in terms of a single, repeating, overlapping cluster of atoms.

Author : Zbigniew M. Stadnik
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642584343

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Physical Properties of Quasicrystals by Zbigniew M. Stadnik Pdf

Quasicrystals are a new form of the solid state which differ from the other two known forms, crystalline and amorphous, by possesing a new type of long-range translational order, called quasiperiodicty, and a noncrystallographic orientational order. This book provides an up-to-date description of the unusual physical properties of these new materials. Emphasis is placed on the experimental results, which are compared with those of the corresponding crystalline and amorphous systems and discussed in terms of modern theoretical models. Written by leading authorities in the field, the book will be of great use both to experienced workers in the field and to uninitiated graduate students.

Author : F. Axel,F. Denoyer,J.P. Gazeau
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783662042533

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From Quasicrystals to More Complex Systems by F. Axel,F. Denoyer,J.P. Gazeau Pdf

This book is a collection of part of the written versions of the Physics Courses given at the Winter School "Order, Chance and Risk: Aperiodic Phenomena from Solid State to Finance" held at the Les Houches Center for Physics, between February 23 and March 6, 1998. The School gathered lecturers and participants from all over the world. On a thematic level, the content of the school can be viewed both as a continuation (aperiodic phenomena in solid state physics) and an extension (mathematical aspects of fmance and economy) of the previous "Beyond Quasicrystals", also held at Les Houches, March 7-18 1994 and published in the same ·series. One of its important goals was to promote in-depth concrete scientific exchanges between theoretical physicists, experimental physicists and mathematicians on the one hand, and on the other hand practitioners of the economico-fmancial sphere and specialists of financial mathematics. Therefore, besides the mathematical tools and concepts at work in theoretical descriptions, relevant experimental data were also presented together with methods allowing their interpretation. As a result of this choice, the School was stimulated by experimentalists and fmancial market operators who joined the theoretical physicists and mathematicians at the conference. The present volume deals with the theoretical and experimental studies on aperiodic solids with long range order, incommensurate phases, quasicrystals, glasses, and more complex systems (fractal, chaotic), while a second volume to appear in the same series is devoted to the finance and economy facet.

Author : Annibale Mottana,Francesco Paolo Sassi,James B. Thompson,Stephen Guggenheim
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781501509070

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Micas by Annibale Mottana,Francesco Paolo Sassi,James B. Thompson,Stephen Guggenheim Pdf

Volume 46 of Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry covers the international meeting on "Advances on Micas (Problems, Methods, Applications in Geodynamics)" convened in Rome in 2000. The topics of this meeting were the crystalchemical, petrological, and historical aspects of the micas. Thirteen invited plenary lectures, which consisted mostly of reviews, are presented in expanded detail in this volume. Contents: Mica crystal chemistry and the influence of pressure, temperature, and solid solution on atomistic models Behavior of micas at high pressure and high temperature Structural features of micas Crystallographic basis of polytypism and twinning in micas Investigation of micas using advanced transmission electron microscopy Optical and Mössbauer spectroscopy of iron in micas Infrared spectroscopy of micas X-ray absorption spectroscopy of the micas Constraints on studies of metamorphic K-Na white micas Modal spaces for pelitic schists Phyllosilicates in very low-grade metamorphism: Transformation to micas Historical perspective

Author : Ted Janssen,Gervais Chapuis,Marc de Boissieu
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780192557810

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Aperiodic Crystals by Ted Janssen,Gervais Chapuis,Marc de Boissieu Pdf

Over the past several decades, a This book deals with the characterisation of the structure, the structure determination and the study of the physical properties, especially dynamical and electronic properties of aperiodic crystals. The treatment is based on a description in a space with more dimensions than three, the so-called superspace. This allows us to generalise the standard crystallography and to look differently at the dynamics. The three main classes of aperiodic crystals, modulated phases, incommensurate composites and quasicrystals are treated from a unified point of view, which stresses similarities of the various systems. The book assumes as a prerequisite a knowledge of the fundamental techniques of crystallography and the theory of condensed matter, and covers the literature at the forefront of the field. Since the first edition of this book in 2007, the field of aperiodic crystals has developed considerably, with the discovery of new materials and new structures. Progress has been made in structure determination, in the interpretation and understanding of the structural characteristics and in the calculation of electrons and phonons. This new edition reflects these new developments, and it includes discussions of natural quasicrystals, incommensurate magnetic and multiferroic structures, photonic and mesoscopic quasicrystals. The second edition also includes a number of new exercises that give the reader an opportunityt to check their understanding of the material.

Author : British Library. Document Supply Centre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 870 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Conference proceedings
ISBN : STANFORD:36105115205259

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Index of Conference Proceedings by British Library. Document Supply Centre Pdf

Author : Peter W. Hawkes
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002-07-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780080526232

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Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics by Peter W. Hawkes Pdf

Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics merges two long-running serials--Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics and Advances in Optical and Electron Microscopy. The series features extended articles on the physics of electron devices (especially semiconductor devices), particle optics at high and low energies, microlithography, image science and digital image processing, electromagnetic wave propagation, electron microscopy, and the computing methods used in all these domains.