Novel microstructures for solids / Richard A Dunlap

Author:: Dunlap, R. A.
Published:: San Rafael, CA : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2018]
Copyright Date:: ©2018
Physical Description:: 1 volume (various pagination) : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

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IOP concise physics, 2054-7307

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Quasicrystallography -- 1.Crystalline structure -- 1.1.Introduction -- 1.2.Atomic theory -- 1.3.The structure of crystals -- 1.4.Crystals and symmetry -- Problems -- References and suggestions for further reading -- 2.X-ray diffraction techniques -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.X-ray diffraction -- 2.3.The production of x-rays -- 2.4.X-ray diffraction experiments -- Problems -- References and suggestions for further reading -- 3.Crystallographic symmetry -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.2.Allowed and forbidden symmetries -- 3.3.The discovery of five-fold symmetry -- Problem -- References and suggestions for further reading -- 4.Aperiodic structures -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.Aperiodicity and rabbits -- 4.3.Penrose tilings -- 4.4.The structure of quasicrystals -- Problems -- References and suggestions for further reading -- 5.Applications of quasicrystals -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.Applications of quasicrystals -- References and suggestions for further reading -- pt. II Allotropes of carbon -- 6.Allotropes and crystal bonding -- 6.1.Introduction -- 6.2.Allotropes of carbon -- 6.3.Carbon bonds -- References and suggestions for further reading -- 7.Diamond -- 7.1.Introduction -- 7.2.Physical properties of diamond -- 7.3.The free electron model -- 7.4.The nearly free electron model and the band structure of solids -- 7.5.The electrical conductivity of diamond -- 7.6.Phonons and thermal conductivity -- Problems -- References and suggestions for further reading -- 8.Other crystalline allotropes of carbon -- 8.1.Introduction -- 8.2.Lonsdaleite -- 8.3.Graphite -- Problem -- References and suggestions for further reading -- 9.Nanostructured allotropes of carbon -- 9.1.Introduction -- 9.2.Carbon rings and graphene -- 9.3.Carbon nanotubes -- 9.4.Fullerenes -- 9.5.Carbon nanofoam.

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ISBN:

9781643273358 (paperback)
1643273353 (paperback)
9781643273396 (hardcover)
1643273396 (hardcover)

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"A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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