Quasicrystals: Fundamentals and Applications - Paperback

by Enrique Maciá-Barber (Author)

This is a complete guide to quasicrystals and next generation materials based on aperiodically ordered designs with potential uses in high performance technological devices. It is an ideal introductory book for graduates, senior scientists, and researchers in physics, chemistry, materials science & engineering.

Author Biography

Enrique Maciá-Barber is professor of condensed matter physics at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. His research interests include the thermoelectric properties of quasicrystals and DNA biophysics. In 2010, he received the RSEF- BBVA Foundation Excellence Physics Teaching Award. His book Aperiodic Structures in Condensed Matter: Fundamentals and Applications (CRC Press, 2008) is one of the Top Selling Physics Books according to YBP Library Services.