Quasicrystals Current Topics Aussois, France 16-21 May 1999

This book focuses on current topics in quasicrystal science and research. Various themes are addressed, such as atomic structure, growth of quasicrystals, statistical physics and thermodynamics, magnetism, phasons, propagation of waves, surfaces and technological potential of quasicrystals. Insight into basics in physics and chemistry is also given, with examples from metallurgy, the surface of alloys, plasticity, etc., in order to point out the possible genuine aspects of quasicrystals and allow a better comparison with conventional alloys.Belin-Ferre, Esther is the author of 'Quasicrystals Current Topics Aussois, France 16-21 May 1999' with ISBN 9789810242817 and ISBN 9810242816.