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Glassy, Amorphous and Nano-Crystalline Materials

Thermal Physics, Analysis, Structure and Properties

  • Treats different aspects of thermal properties of glassy and amorphous structures in a complex and comprehensive way
  • A collection of works written by a range of internationally recognized scientists
  • A monograph written both for students and researchers
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Hot Topics in Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (HTTC, volume 8)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Some Aspects of Vitrification, Amorphisation and Disordering and the Generated Extent of Nano-Crystallinity

    • Jaroslav Šesták, Carlos A. Queiroz, Jiří J. Mareš, Miroslav Holeček
    Pages 59-75
  3. Solid Forms of Pharmaceutical Molecules

    • Bohumil Kratochvíl
    Pages 129-140
  4. Chalcogenide Glasses Selected as a Model System for Studying Thermal Properties

    • Zdeněk Černošek, Eva Černošková, Jana Holubová
    Pages 141-164
  5. Viscosity Measurements Applied to Chalcogenide Glass-Forming Systems

    • Petr Koštál, Jana Shánělová, Jiří Málek
    Pages 165-178
  6. Thermal Properties and Related Structural Study of Oxide Glasses

    • Marek Liška, Mária Chromčíková
    Pages 179-197
  7. New Approach to Viscosity of Glasses

    • Isak Avramov
    Pages 217-225
  8. Transport Constitutive Relations, Quantum Diffusion and Periodic Reactions

    • Jiří J. Mareš, Jaroslav Šesták, Pavel Hubík
    Pages 227-244
  9. In-Situ Investigation of the Fast Lattice Recovery during Electropulse Treatment of Heavily Cold Drawn Nanocrystalline Ni-Ti Wires

    • Petr Šittner, Jan Pilch, Benoit Malard, Remi Delville, Caroline Curfs
    Pages 245-260
  10. Thermophysical Properties of Natural Glasses at the Extremes of the Thermal History Profile

    • Paul Thomas, Jaroslav Šesták, Klaus Heide, Ekkehard Füglein, Peter Šimon
    Pages 311-325

About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , New Technologies - Research Centre in th, University of West Bohemia, Plzeň, Czech Republic

    Jaroslav Šesták

  • , Institute of Physics, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republi, Prague 6, Czech Republic

    Jiří J. Mareš, Pavel Hubík

About the editors

Prof. Jaroslav Šesták, 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.

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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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