Covering fundamental research as well as real-world applications, this
first book on CMAs at an introductory level treats everything from
atomistic details to surface processing. Comprehensive, self-contained
chapters provide readers with the latest knowledge on the most salient
features of the topic, selected in terms of their relevance to potential
technological applications.
Edited by one of the most distinguished
authorities on quasicrystals and this most important of their
subclasses, the contributions elucidate aspects of CMAs from a
particular viewpoint: physical and chemical characteristics in the
sub-nanometer regime, mesoscale phenomena, preparation and processing of
thin films, and large-scale engineering properties. The whole is
rounded off by a look at the commercial potential of CMA-based
applications.For PhD students and lecturers alike.
