Structure and Properties of Quasicrystals 2016
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Inorganic Crystalline Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2016) | Viewed by 83386
Special Issue Editor
Interests: quasicrystals; complex metallic alloys; bulk thermoelectric materials; quasiperiodic heterostructures; photonic and phononic quasicrystals; electronic and thermal transport in DNA molecules
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to promote international exchange and to share the latest knowledge and developments in both experimental and fundamental aspects in order to gain a deeper understanding on the relationship between the underlying structural order and the resulting physical properties in quasicrystals and their related approximant phases. The capability of exploiting aperiodic order in the design of novel devices based on dielectric multilayers or semiconductor heterostructures is also addressed. Interdisciplinary approaches encompassing the notion of quasiperiodic order in mineralogy, quantum chemistry and bio-inspired systems of current interest will be considered as well.
The Special Issue on “Structure and Properties of Quasicrystals” is intended to provide a unique international forum aimed at critically review the possible role of quasiperiodic order in the physical and chemical properties of quasicrystals. Scientists working in a wide range of disciplines are invited to contribute to this goal.
Prof. Dr. Enrique Maciá Barber
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Quasicrystals
- Complex metallic alloys
- Chemical bonding in quasicrystals
- Surface properties of quasicrystals and approximant phases
- Electrical, thermal and thermoelectric transport properties of quasicrystals
- Magnetic, mechanical properties of quasicrystals
- Photonic and phononic quasicrystals
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