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TWO-DIMENSIONAL CRYSTALS
Two-Dimensional Crystals

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By
A. Naumovets, Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine

Edited By
A. Lyuksyutov, Institute of Physics
V. Pokrovsky, Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics

Description
This is a self-contained, tutorial introduction to two-dimensional crystal science and technology. Including concise descriptions of experimental methods and results from fundamental theoretical concepts, this book covers a broad range of two-dimensional structures--from overlayers to freestanding films. All those with an active interest in surface science and statistical physics will find this book to be an essential reference work.

Audience
Surface scientists--physicists, materials scientists, and chemists, and those interested in statistical physics.

Contents
Introduction. Order and Disorder in Two-Dimensional Crystals. Experimental Methods. Atomic Structure of Two-Dimensional Crystals (Experimental Data). Free Two-Dimensional Crystals. Commensurate Crystals. Incommensurate Crystals at T=0. Thermodynamics of the Two-Dimensional Incommensurate Crystal. Solitons as Fermions. Equilibrium Shape of a Crystal and the Roughening Transition. Two-Dimensional Crystals and Surface Defects. From Two to Three Dimensions. Effects of Structure on Physical and Chemical Properties of Two-Dimensional Systems. References. Index.

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 423 pages, publication date: SEP-1992
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-460590-9
ISBN-10: 0-12-460590-7
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS

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