Covering fundamental research as well as real-world applications, this first book on CMAs at an introductory level treats everything from atomistic details to surface processing. Comprehensive, self-contained chapters provide readers with the latest knowledge on the most salient features of the topic, selected in terms of their relevance to potential technological applications. Edited by one of the most distinguished authorities on quasicrystals and this most important of their subclasses, the contributions elucidate aspects of CMAs from a particular viewpoint: physical and chemical characteristics in the sub-nanometer regime, mesoscale phenomena, preparation and processing of thin films, and large-scale engineering properties. The whole is rounded off by a look at the commercial potential of CMA-based applications. For PhD students and lecturers alike.

Covering fundamental research as well as real-world applications, this first book on CMAs at an introductory level treats everything from atomistic details to surface processing. Comprehensive, self-contained chapters provide readers with the latest knowledge on the most salient features of the topic, selected in terms of their relevance to potential technological applications. Edited by one of the most distinguished authorities on quasicrystals and this most important of their subclasses, the contributions elucidate aspects of CMAs from a particular viewpoint: physical and chemical characteristics in the sub-nanometer regime, mesoscale phenomena, preparation and processing of thin films, and large-scale engineering properties. The whole is rounded off by a look at the commercial potential of CMA-based applications.For PhD students and lecturers alike.

FOREWORDI. INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENCE OF CMASBrief History of the FieldDefinition of CMAsPhase Selection and StabilityUnexpected Transport PropertiesPlasticity and MetadislocationsOutlook at Potential ApplicationsII. PHYSICS OF CMAS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENTSElectronic StructureChemical Bonding EffectsCluster Based Solids PhysicsTransport Properties: Inverse Matthiessen Rule, Wiedemann-Franz LawPhenomenological ApproachesHierarchical Scales in Reciprocal SpaceAnisotropic Physical Properties of CMAs: Electrical and Thermal Conductivity, Magnetic Susceptibility, Hall Coefficient, Thermoelectric PowerIII. SURFACE SCIENCE OF CMASStability of Alloy SurfacesStructural Determination of CMA SurfacesElectronic StructureThin Film Growth on CMA SurfacesAdhesion, Friction and Wetting Properties of CMA SurfacesIV. METALLURGY, PREPARATION AND PROCESSING, THIN FILMSIntroduction to Thin Film ScienceDeposition by MOVCDDeposition by PVDStructural PropertiesMechanical PropertiesV. SURFACE CHEMISTRY OF CMASIntroductionSurface Chemistry of CMAs under UHV EnvironmentSurface Chemistry of CMAs under Environmental ConditionsSurface Chemistry and Reactions in Aqueous SolutionsHigh-Temperature CorrosionVI. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF CMASIntroduction to CMAs Designed for Mechanical Applications: Structure and Properties, Possible Applications, Single-Phase CMAs and CMA-Reinforced CompositesProcessing and Mechanical Properties of CMAs: Solidification, Glassy Precursors, Powder MetallurgyThe Sintering RouteSurface Mechanical Testing and Potential ApplicationsVII. THERMOELECTRICITY, THE GRAAL OF CMASMaterialsPropertiesApplications/DemonstratorsVIII. CATALYSIS CATALYSIS ON INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDSIX. CMAS: FROM BASICS TO PRODUCTS