Glassy materials and disordered solids: an introduction to their statistical mechanics (revised edition) - Softcover

Binder, Kurt

 
9789814350174: Glassy materials and disordered solids: an introduction to their statistical mechanics (revised edition)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9814350176 ISBN 13: 9789814350174
Publisher: Wspc, 2011

Synopsis

This book gives a pedagogical introduction to the physics of amorphous solids and related disordered condensed matter systems. Important concepts from statistical mechanics such as percolation, random walks, fractals and spin glasses are explained. Using these concepts, the common aspects of these systems are emphasized, and the current understanding of the glass transition and the structure of glasses are concisely reviewed. This second edition includes new material on emerging topics in the field of disordered systems such as gels, driven systems, dynamical heterogeneities, growing length scales etc. as well as an update of the literature in this rapidly developing field.

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This book gives a pedagogical introduction to the physics of amorphous solids and related disordered condensed matter systems. Important concepts from statistical mechanics such as percolation, random walks, fractals and spin glasses are explained. Using these concepts, the common aspects of these systems are emphasized, and the current understanding of the glass transition and the structure of glasses are concisely reviewed. This second edition includes new material on emerging topics in the field of disordered systems such as gels, driven systems, dynamical heterogeneities, growing length scales etc. as well as an update of the literature in this rapidly developing field.

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Publisher
Wspc
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9814350176
ISBN 13 
9789814350174
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
562

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