Quodons in mica [electronic resource] : nonlinear localized travelling excitations in crystals / Juan F. R. Archilla, Noé Jiménez, Víctor J. Sánchez-Morcillo, Luis M. García-Raffi, editors.
Archilla, Juan F. R., editor.; Jiménez, Noé, editor.; Sánchez Morcillo, Victor J., 1971- editor.; García Raffi, L.M., editor.
2015
QD941
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Title Quodons in mica [electronic resource] : nonlinear localized travelling excitations in crystals / Juan F. R. Archilla, Noé Jiménez, Víctor J. Sánchez-Morcillo, Luis M. García-Raffi, editors.
ISBN 9783319210452 electronic book
3319210459 electronic book
9783319210445
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21045-2
Published Cham : Springer, 2015.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xxv, 567 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-319-21045-2 doi
Call Number QD941
Dewey Decimal Classification 548/.9
Summary This book presents the current knowledge about nonlinear localized travelling excitations in crystals. Excitations can be vibrational, electronic, magnetic or of many other types, in many different types of crystals, as silicates, semiconductors and metals. The book is dedicated to the British scientist FM Russell, recently turned 80. He found 50 years ago that a mineral mica muscovite was able to record elementary charged particles and much later that also some kind of localized excitations, he called them quodons, was also recorded. The tracks, therefore, provide a striking experimental evidence of quodons existence. The first chapter by him presents the state of knowledge in this topic. It is followed by about 15 chapters from world leaders in the field, reviewing different aspects, materials and methods including experiments, molecular dynamics and theory and also presenting the latest results. The last part includes a personal narration of FM Russell of the deciphering of the marks in mica. It provides a unique way to present the science in an accessible way and also illustrates the process of discovery in a scientist's mind.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 7, 2015).
Added Author Archilla, Juan F. R., editor.
Jiménez, Noé, editor.
Sánchez Morcillo, Victor J., 1971- editor.
García Raffi, L.M., editor.
Series Springer series in materials science ; volume 221.
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Tracks in Mica
Semiconductors
Electrons and Solitons
Flexible Lattices
Molecular Dynamics
Theory
Exotic Crystals.

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