Solid State Physics
Subtitle: Advances in Research and ApplicationsVolume 46
Contributors: Ehrenreich, Henry
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780080865096
Subjects: Solid state physics; Solid state physics -- Periodicals; Solid state physics -- Research
Description: Solid State Physics V45.
Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; Solid State Physics, Volume 45; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors to Volume 45; Preface; Chapter 1. Structural Ordering in Colloidal Suspensions; I. Introduction; II. Synthesis and Characterization of Colloids; III. Experimental Scene; IV. Interparticle Interaction Potentials; V. Theoretical Aspects of Equilibrium Phases; VI. Liquidlike Order, Polydispersity, Binary Mixtures, and Glass; VII. Colloidal Crystals in Two Dimensions; VIII. Elastic Properties and Shear Flow; IX. Miscellaneous and Conclusions; Acknowledgments; Note Added in Proof; title: Chapter 2. Crystal Nucleation in Liquids and GlassesI. Introduction; II. Classical Theory: Steady-State Nucleation; III. Classical Theory: Time-Dependent Nucleation; IV. Experimental Studies of Nucleation in Undercooled Liquids; V. Experimental Studies of Nucleation in Glasses; VI. Computer Simulations of Steady-State Nucleation; VII. Beyond Classical Nucleation Theory; VIII. Concluding Remarks; Appendix A: Approximations to .G; Acknowledgrnents; Chapter 3. Glass Transition and Relaxation of Disordered Structures; I. Introduction; II. General Discussions; III. Glass Transition; title: IV. Computer Simulations of Glass TransitionV. Simulations of Glass Transition at Constant Pressure; VI. Fluctuation and Relaxation in Disordered Systems; VII. Summary and Future Work; Author Index; Subject Index; Cumulative Author Index, Volumes 1-45