Allen and Thomas present information in a manner consistent with the way future scientists and engineers will be required to think about materials' selection, design, and use. Students will learn the fundamentals of three different states of condensed matter - glasses, crystals, and liquid crystals - and develop a set of tools for describing all of them. Above all, they'll gain a better understanding of the principles of structure common to all materials.

Informationen zum Autor About the Authors SAMUEL M. ALLEN is Professor of Physical Metallurgy in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at M.I.T. He earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Stevens Institute of Technology and an S.M. and a Ph.D. from M.I.T. His research interests include phase transformations, solid/solid interfaces, structure/property relations in high-temperature alloys, three-dimensional printing of metal tools for plastic injection molding, and alloys for high-strain actuators. He is also co-authoring a graduate textbook, "Kinetic Processes in Materials," with Robert W. Balluffi and W. Craig Carter. EDWIN L. THOMAS is the Morris Cohen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at M.I.T. He received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts and a Ph.D. in Materials Science from Cornell University. His research interests include processing, microstructure and mechanical property relations of polymers, and optical properties of liquid crystals and polymeric-based photonic band gap materials. Professor Thomas' honors and awards include the High Polymer Physics Prize of the American Physical Society and the American Chemical Society Creative Polymer Chemist Award. Klappentext Ein Lehrbuch zur Struktur der Materie, daß sich ausschließlich mit den Erscheinungsformen des festen Aggregatzustandes - Glas, Kristall, Flüssigkristall - befaßt und die Beziehungen zwischen Struktur und Eigenschaften anschaulich erläutert. Unentbehrlich für Materialwissenschaftler und Ingenieure, die ein tieferes Verständnis für diese Aspekte entwickeln müssen, um Werkstoffe optimal auswählen und anwenden zu können. (01/99) Zusammenfassung This text specializes in the structure of materials! and focuses solely on the three different states of solid condensed matter - glasses! crystals! and liquid crystals - and developes a set of tools for describing all of them. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Structure of Materials: Overview.Noncrystalline State.Crystalline State.Liquid-Crystalline State.Imperfections in Ordered Media.Microstructure.Index....

Klappentext

Ein Lehrbuch zur Struktur der Materie, daß sich ausschließlich mit den Erscheinungsformen des festen Aggregatzustandes - Glas, Kristall, Flüssigkristall - befaßt und die Beziehungen zwischen Struktur und Eigenschaften anschaulich erläutert. Unentbehrlich für Materialwissenschaftler und Ingenieure, die ein tieferes Verständnis für diese Aspekte entwickeln müssen, um Werkstoffe optimal auswählen und anwenden zu können. (01/99)

Zusammenfassung
This text specializes in the structure of materials, and focuses solely on the three different states of solid condensed matter - glasses, crystals, and liquid crystals - and developes a set of tools for describing all of them.

Inhalt

The Structure of Materials: Overview. Noncrystalline State. Crystalline State. Liquid-Crystalline State. Imperfections in Ordered Media. Microstructure. Index.