Novel microstructures for solids / Richard A. Dunlap.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dunlap, R. A., author.

Contributor:

Morgan & Claypool Publishers, publisher.

Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.

Series:

IOP (Series). Release 5.

IOP concise physics

[IOP release 5]

IOP concise physics, 2053-2571

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crystals.

Microstructure.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color).

Distribution:

Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2018]

Place of Publication:

San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2018]

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Biography/History:

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.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

part I. Quasicrystallography. 1. Crystalline structure

1.1. Introduction

1.2. Atomic theory

1.3. The structure of crystals

1.4. Crystals and symmetry

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

3. Crystallographic symmetry

3.1. Introduction

3.2. Allowed and forbidden symmetries

3.3. The discovery of five-fold symmetry

4. Aperiodic structures

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Aperiodicity and rabbits

4.3. Penrose tilings

4.4. The structure of quasicrystals

5. Applications of quasicrystals

5.1. Introduction

5.2. Applications of quasicrystals

part II. Allotropes of carbon. 6. Allotropes and crystal bonding

6.1. Introduction

6.2. Allotropes of carbon

6.3. Carbon bonds

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

8. Other crystalline allotropes of carbon

8.1. Introduction

8.2. Lonsdaleite

8.3. Graphite

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.

Notes:

"Version: 20181101"--Title page verso.

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

Includes bibliographical references.

Title from PDF title page (viewed on December 14, 2018).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781643273389

9781643273365

OCLC:

1080122328

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