Glassy, Amorphous and Nano-Crystalline Materials

Thermal Physics, Analysis, Structure and Properties
Herausgegeben:Sesták, Jaroslav; Mares, Jirí J.; Hubík, Pavel

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides a summary of non-equilibrium glassy and amorphous structures and their macro- and microscopic thermal properties.

The book contains a carefully selected works of fourteen internationally recognized scientists involving the advances of the physics and chemistry of the glassy and amorphous states.

Produktdetails

• Hot Topics in Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 8
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 12271887, 978-90-481-2881-5
• 2011 edition
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 167mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 766g
• ISBN-13: 9789048128815
• ISBN-10: 9048128811
• Artikelnr.: 26505187

Autorenporträt

Prof. Jaroslav esták, MEng., PhD., DSc. Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic - specialised in thermodynamics (kinetics) and material science and engineering (particularly applied to variety of inorganic glasses), 287 papers in impact journals, over 2500 SCI citation responses, 15 books and book chapters, received honorary degree of Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Pardubice (January 2010). Dr. Jiri J. Mares, PhD Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences, specialised in thermal physics and non-equilibrium phenomena, 123 papers in impact journals, over 230 citation responses, 3 books and book chapters. Dr. Pavel Hubik, PhD Senior Scietist in Solid State Physics Institute of Physics of Academy of Sciences of CR.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Some Essential Attributes of Glassiness Regarding the Nature of Non-Crystalline Solids (Hiroshi Suga).- 2. Heat Capacity and Entropy Functions in Strong and Fragile Glass-Formers, Relative to those of Disordering Crystalline Materials (C. Austen Angell).- 3. Vibration Forms in the Vicinity of Glass Transition, Structural Changes and the Creation of Voids when Assuming the Role of Polarizability (Jaroslav Sesták, Borivoj Hlavácek, Pavel Hubík, Jirí J. Mares).- 4. Some Aspects of Vitrification, Amorphisation and Disordering and the Generated Extent of Nano-Crystallinity (Jaroslav Sesták, Carlos A. Queiroz, Jirí J. Mares, Miroslav Holecek).- 5. Basic Role of Thermal Analysis in Polymer Physics (Adam L. Danch).- 6. Phases of Amorphous, Crystalline, and Intermediate Order in Microphase and Nanophase Systems (Bernhard Wunderlich).- 7. Thermal Portrayal of Phase Separation in Polymers Producing Nanophase Separated Materials (Ivan Krakovský, Yuko Ikeda).- 8. Solid Forms of Pharmaceutical Molecules (Bohumil Kratochvíl).- 9. Chalcogenide Glasses Selected as a Model System for Studying Thermal Properties (Zdenek Cernosek, Eva Cernosková, Jana Holubová).- 10. Viscosity Measurements Applied to Chalcogenide Glass-Forming Systems (Petr Kostál, Jana Shánelová, Jirí Málek).- 11. Thermal Properties and Related Structural Study of Oxide Glasses (Marek Liska, Mária Chromcíková).- 12. Oxide Glass Structure, Non-Bridging Oxygen and Feasible Magnetic Properties due to the Addition of Fe/Mn Oxides (Jaroslav Sesták, Marek Liska, Pavel Hubík).- 13. New Approach to Viscosity of Glasses (Isak Avramov).- 14. Transport Constitutive Relations, Quantum Diffusion and Periodic Reactions (Jirí J. Mares, Jaroslav Sesták, Pavel Hubík).- 15. In-Situ Investigation of the Fast Lattice Recovery during Electropulse Treatment of Heavily Cold Drawn Nanocrystalline Ni-Ti Wires (Petr Sittner, Jan Pilch, B. Malard, Remi Delville, Caroline Curfs).-16. Emanation Thermal Analysis as a Method for Diffusion Structural Diagnostics of Zircon and Brannerite Minerals (Vladimír Balek, Iraida M. Bountseva, Igor von Beckman).- 17. Scanning Transitiometry and its Application in Petroleum Industry and in Polymer and Food Science (Jean-Pierre E. Grolier).- 18. Constrained States Occurring in Plants Cryo-Processing and the Role of Biological Glasses (Jirí Zámecník, Jaroslav Sesták).- 19. Thermophysical Properties of Natural Glasses at the Extremes of the Thermal History Profile (Paul Thomas, Jaroslav Sesták, Klaus Heide, Ekkehard Füglein, Peter Simon).- 20. Hotness Manifold, Phenomenological Temperature and Other Related Concepts of Thermal Physics (Jirí J. Mares).- 21. Historical Roots and Development of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (Jaroslav Sesták, Pavel Hubík, Jirí J. Mares).