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Professor Ronan McGrath, Surface Science Centre, Department of Physics, The University of Liverpool
Thursday 20 November 2008, 16:00-17:00
Quasicrystals: there be monsters...
- đ¤ Speaker: Professor Ronan McGrath, Surface Science Centre, Department of Physics, The University of Liverpool
- đ Date & Time: Thursday 20 November 2008, 16:00 - 17:00
- đ Venue: Mott Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
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Abstract
Quasicrystals are intermetallic alloys which have long-range order without periodicity and hence display unusual rotational symmetries. In this talk I will discuss their surfaces as templates for building novel nanostructures and thin films and the role they can play in exploring the physical consequences of aperiodicity. I will also describe an ongoing debate on the stability of clusters in these materials as revealed in fracture studies and crack-propagation modelling.
Series This talk is part of the Physics and Chemistry of Solids Group series.
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