This review highlights the use and great potential of liquid metals as exotic and powerful
solvents (ie fluxes) for the synthesis of intermetallic phases. The results presented …

This review presents a survey of, and guide to, new materials physics (NMP) research. It
begins with an overview of the goals of NMP and then presents important ideas and …

The aim of this book is to acquaint the reader with what the authors regard as the most basic
characteristics of quasicrystals--structure, formation and stability, and properties--in …

Since 1984, several quasicrystalline materials were selected for possible technological
applications as coatings and composites. A few examples of products derived from such …

Solution growth continues to be one of the most powerful techniques for the production of
single crystals for basic and applied research. It is a versatile technique that allows for the …

The geometrical concept and structural framework of quasicrystals (QCs) were established
shortly after the discovery of QCs. Specifically, the static and dynamic properties of the atoms …

Quasicrystals are solids that exhibit symmetries long thought forbidden in nature. Since their
discovery in a rapidly solidified Al–Mn alloy in 1984, the central issue in the field has been to …

The discovery of quasicrystals (awarded with the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry) generated
a revolutionary impact on crystallography, and hence a plethora of structural topics across a …

We report measurements of the dc magnetization, the low-field ac magnetic susceptibility,
and the electrical resistivity of large (up to 0.5 cm 3) single-grain samples of icosahedral R …

This book provides an interdisciplinary guide to quasicrystals, the 2011 Nobel Prize in
Chemistry winning topic, by presenting an up-to-date and detailed introduction to the many …