Disordered materials:an introduction
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Springer,
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Publisher Address: | Heidelberg |
Publication Dates: | 2006. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29610-7 |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xii, 329 p.): ill. |
ISBN: |
9783540296102 (electronic bk.) 3540296107 (electronic bk.) |
Index Number: | TB3 |
CLC: | TB3 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-324) and index. 1. Platonic Solids: Geometry and Symmetry; 2. Structural Order; 3. The Glass Transition; 4. The Structure of Disordered Systems; 5. Clusters; 6. Quasicrystals; A. Appendix; References; Index. Introduces the physics of structurally disordered condensed systems at the level of advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Some of the topics are: the geometry and symmetries of highly regular structures, the various kinds of disorder, the phenomenology and the main theories of the glass transition. |