Disordered Materials An Introduction /

• Main Author: Ossi, Paolo M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Subjects: Physics.; Physical chemistry.; Atoms.; Condensed matter.; Crystallography.; Phase transitions (Statistical physics).; Engineering.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Physical Chemistry.; Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems.; Engineering, general.

This self-contained text introduces the physics of structurally disordered condensed systems at the level of advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Among the topics are the geometry and symmetries of the structural units used as building blocks of extended structures, the various kinds of dis...