Novel microstructures for solids /

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"Version: 20181101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Quasicrystallography. 1. Crystalline structure -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Atomic theory -- 1.3. The structure of crystals -- 1.4. Crystals and symmetry2. X-ray diffraction techniques -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. X-ray diffraction -- 2.3. The production of x-rays -- 2.4. X-ray diffraction experiments3. Crystallographic symmetry -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Allowed and forbidden symmetries -- 3.3. The discovery of five-fold symmetry4. Aperiodic structures -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Aperiodicity and rabbits -- 4.3. Penrose tilings -- 4.4. The structure of quasicrystals5. Applications of quasicrystals -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Applications of quasicrystalspart II. Allotropes of carbon. 6. Allotropes and crystal bonding -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Allotropes of carbon -- 6.3. Carbon bonds7. 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 conductivity8. Other crystalline allotropes of carbon -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Lonsdaleite -- 8.3. Graphite9. Nanostructured allotropes of carbon -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Carbon rings and graphene -- 9.3. Carbon nanotubes -- 9.4. Fullerenes -- 9.5. Carbon nanofoam.In the early part of the 20th century, x-rays were first used for the investigation of the atomic structure of solids. Until the 1980s experimental evidence suggested that virtually all solid materials were either amorphous or ordered three-dimensional structures with translational and rotational symmetry that were described by classical crystallographic concepts. Since then, a number of structures that stretch the concept of a crystalline material have been discovered. In 1984 a solid phase, known as a quasicrystal, that possessed long-range order but lacked the periodicity of a crystalline material, was observed. At about the same time, novel molecular structures were observed for elemental carbon, and more recently, carbon has been prepared as a two-dimensional material. Some of the recently discovered materials with novel microstructures are reviewed in the present book. Part I of the book describes the structure and properties of quasicrystalline materials while Part II gives an overview of some of the unique phases that have been observed for elemental carbon. These unusual structures are discussed in the context of related materials with traditional crystallographic order.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.Richard A. Dunlap received a BS in Physics from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, an AM in Physics from Dartmouth College, and a PhD in Physics from Clark University. Since receiving his PhD he has been a faculty member of the Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science at Dalhousie University, where he is currently a Research Professor. He is author of four previous books; Experimental Physics: Modern Methods, The Golden Ratio and Fibonacci Numbers, An Introduction to the Physics of Nuclei and Particles, and Sustainable Energy.Title from PDF title page (viewed on December 14, 2018).

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