
Quasicrystals: A Primer
C. Janot(Author)
Clarendon Press
Published on 1. October 1992
Book
Hardback
334 pages
978-0-19-851389-6 (ISBN)
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Description
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 the early 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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
'An easily readable textbook ... In Quasicrystals, Janot presents clearly the fundamentals of quasicrystal research ... On the whole, however, the book is an excellent primer for all who are interested in the fascinating field of quasicrystals.'Walter Steurer, University of Hanover, Nature
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English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
halftones, numerous line drawings
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Height: 242 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
654 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-851389-6 (9780198513896)
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Content
How to fill space with atoms in condensed matter; Real quasicrystals: preparation and characterization; High-dimensional crystallography; Where are the atoms?; Phonons, phasons, and dislocations in quasicrystals; A little more about the physics of quasicrystals.