Models of Agglomeration and Glass Transition

Type

Book

Authors

Richard Kerner

ISBN 10

1860947565

ISBN 13

9781860947568

Tags

Materials Science, Astrophysics & Space Science, Crystallography, Physical Chemistry, General & Reference, Electromagnetism, Solid-State Physics, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Chemistry, Physics

Description

This book is for any physicist interested in new vistas in the domain of non-crystalline condensed matter, aperiodic and quasi-crystalline networks and especially glass physics and chemistry. Students with an elementary background in thermodynamics and statistical physics will find the book accessible. The physics of glasses is extensively covered, focusing on their thermal and mechanical properties, as well as various models leading to the formation of the glassy states of matter from overcooled liquids. The models of agglomeration and growth are also applied to describe the formation of quasicrystals, fullerenes and, in biology, to describe virus assembly pathways. - from Amzon

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