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Glassy Materials and Disordered Solids: An Introduction to Their Statistical Mechanics

By Kurt Binder , Walter Kob

Book information

Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Company
Year
2005
ISBN
9812565108, 9789812565105
Open Library ID
OL9197354M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
7 MB (7661683 bytes)
Pages
452\451
Topic
Physics Mechanics
Time added
2014-10-05 02:30:00

Description

The physics of glassy materials and disordered solids presents students with an area of study much more challenging than the physics of crystalline solids. Written by two recognized experts in the field, this highly readable book tackles the subject with the student firmly in mind, beginning with a pedagogical introduction to important concepts such as percolation, fractals, spin glasses, and glasses. Making use of these concepts, the authors show that such systems share many common aspects that can be described within the framework of statistical mechanics. The book is also an essential standard text for researchers on amorphous materials, equally accessible for theorists and experimentalists.

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