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Two-Dimensional Crystals
- 1st Edition - September 24, 1992
- Author: A. G. Naumovets
- Editors: A. G. Lyuksyutov, V. Pokrovsky
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 6 0 5 9 0 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 2 4 3 9 - 7
This is a self-contained, tutorial introduction to two-dimensional crystal science and technology. Including concise descriptions of experimental methods and results from… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThis is a self-contained, tutorial introduction to two-dimensional crystal science and technology. Including concise descriptions of experimental methods and results from fundamental theoretical concepts, this book covers a broad range of two-dimensional structures--from overlayers to freestanding films. All those with an active interest in surface science and statistical physics will find this book to be an essential reference work.
- Presents a coherent overview of experimental methods and theoretical background of two-dimensional crystal physics
- Provides a tutorial overview of continuous melting of two-dimensional crystals, roughening transitions, wetting phenomena, and commensurate-incommensurate transitions
Surface scientists--physicists, materials scientists, and chemists, and those interested in statistical physics
Introduction. Order and Disorder in Two-Dimensional Crystals. Experimental Methods. Atomic Structure of Two-Dimensional Crystals (Experimental Data). Free Two-Dimensional Crystals. Commensurate Crystals. Incommensurate Crystals at T=0. Thermodynamics of the Two-Dimensional Incommensurate Crystal. Solitons as Fermions. Equilibrium Shape of a Crystal and the Roughening Transition. Two-Dimensional Crystals and Surface Defects. From Two to Three Dimensions. Effects of Structure on Physical and Chemical Properties of Two-Dimensional Systems. References. Index.
- No. of pages: 423
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 24, 1992
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780124605909
- eBook ISBN: 9780080924397
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A. G. Lyuksyutov
Affiliations and expertise
Institute of PhysicsVP
V. Pokrovsky
Affiliations and expertise
Landau Institute for Theoretical PhysicsAN
A. G. Naumovets
Affiliations and expertise
Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the UkraineRead Two-Dimensional Crystals on ScienceDirect