Quasicrystals
Contributors: J.-B. Suck (Editor); M. Schreiber (Editor); P. Häussler (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: February 9, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 579
ISBN-13: 9783540642244
Subjects: Crystallography; Materials science; Technology; Physical Properties Of Materials; Atomic Physics; Science; Science/Mathematics; Physics; Engineering - General; Science / Physics; Material Science; Quasicrystals
First sentence: The discovery of quasicrystals was announced on the 5 November 1984 in a Physical Review Letter entitled "Metallic Phase with Long-Range Orienta-tional Order and No Translational Symmetry" by D. Shechtman, I. Blech, D. Gratias, and J.W. Cahn [46].