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Useful quasicrystals /

Main Author: Dubois, Jean-Marie.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Jersey ; London : World Scientific, ©2005.
Subjects:
Quasicrystals.
Physics.
SCIENCE > Physics > Crystallography.
Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=148556
Table of 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.

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