[Series on Directions in Condensed Matter Physics] Quasicrystals Volume 16 (The State of the Art) || Growth Rules For Quasicrystals

✍ Scribed by DiVincenzo, D P; Steinhardt, P J

• Book ID: 127236223
• Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 793 KB
• Edition: 2
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 9812815023
• DOI: 10.1142/9789812815026_0008

✦ Synopsis

Quasicrystals: The State of the Art has proven to be a useful introduction to quasicrystals for mathematicians, physicists, materials scientists, and students. The original intent was for the book to be a progress report on recent developments in the field. However, the authors took care to adopt a broad, pedagogical approach focusing on points of lasting value. Many subtle and beautiful aspects of quasicrystals are explained in this book (and nowhere else) in a way that is useful for both the expert and the student.In this second edition, some authors have appended short notes updating their essays. Two new chapters have been added. Chapter 16, by Goldman and Thiel, reviews the experimental progress since the first edition (1991) in making quasicrystals, determining their structure, and finding applications. In Chapter 17, Steinhardt discusses the quasi-unit cell picture, a promising, new approach for describing the structure and growth of quasicrystals in terms of a single, repeating, overlapping cluster of atoms.