Aperiodic structures in condensed matter; fundamentals and applications.

9781420068276

Aperiodic structures in condensed matter; fundamentals and applications.

Barber, Enrique Macia.

CRC / Taylor & Francis

2009

443 pages

$129.95

Hardcover

Series in condensed matter physics

QC173

Aperiodic structures are proving to be invaluable in the creation of semiconductors, memory storage and nanotechnology. Barber (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) also finds them beautiful. His fascination with the patterns within the structures is evident in this introduction to the field. Intended for those with a thorough grounding in physics and mathematics, the book traces the dawning of awareness of these forms found in nature through quasicrystals, Fibonacci superlattices and, of course, the DNA double helix. He also discusses applications in optics, materials science and biophysics. Barber closes with a survey of mathematical tools necessary in the exploration of this ever-widening field.

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