Frontiers in Crystalline Matter: From Discovery to Technology
Committee for an Assessment of and Outlook for New Materials Synthesis and Crystal Growth, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
2009 | ISBN: 0309138000 | 192 pages | PDF | 29,2 MB
For much of the past 60 years, the U.S. research community dominated the discovery of new crystalline materials and the growth of large single crystals, placing the country at the forefront of fundamental advances in condensed-matter sciences and fueling the development of many of the new technologies at the core of U.S. economic growth.