Useful Quasicrystals

Jean-Marie Dubois (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

504 Seiten

2005
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd (Verlag)
978-981-02-3254-2 (ISBN)

Infos

The aim of this text is to acquaint the reader with what the authors regard as the most basic characteristics of quasicrystals: structure; formation and stability; and properties - in relation with the applications of quasicrystalline materials.

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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, these properties open the way to technological applications, demonstrated or potential, mostly regarding energy savings.This valuable book discusses those various facets of quasicrystals in five chapters, ending with the author's own interpretation of the properties with respect to their unique structure.

Inhalt

Facts and data; strange and unexpected properties; structure, the new way to fill space; preparation and mass production; application to energy savings; understanding quasicrystals - what matters; the dream is not over, yet.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.4.2005
• Verlagsort: Singapore
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Physikalische Chemie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Festkörperphysik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Maschinenbau
• ISBN-10: 981-02-3254-3 / 9810232543
• ISBN-13: 978-981-02-3254-2 / 9789810232542
• Zustand: Neuware