A central tenet of materials analysis is the structure-property paradigm, which proposes a direct connection between the geometric structures within a material and its properties. The increasing power of high-speed computation has had a major impact on theoretical materials science and has permitted the systematic examination of this connection between structure and properties. In this textbook, Rob Phillips examines various methods for studying crystals, defects, and microstructures, techniques that have made such computations possible. He also presents recent efforts to treat problems involving either multiple spatial or temporal scales simultaneously. Detailed case studies illustrate general principles as well as their applications to current research problems.
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"This discussion is an exercise in consciousness-raising, which many readers will find rather thought-provoking... I would recommend it to anyone wishing to get both a broad overview of the intersection of theoretical condensed matter physics with modern materials science, and some good pointers toward future research directions...a nicely-written, self-contained course on material physics." Physics Today
"...the writing style makes reading most enjoyable. The interesting aspect of the style is the author's readiness to stand back from the details to communicate to the reader an important message." Optics & Photonics News
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Materials science has emerged as one of the central pillars of the modern physical sciences and engineering, and is now even beginning to claim a role in the biological sciences. A central tenet in the analysis of materials is the structure-property paradigm, which proposes a direct connection between the geometric structures within a material and its properties. The increasing power of high-speed computation has had a major impact on theoretical materials science and has permitted the systematic examination of this connection between structure and properties.
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Rob Phillips grew up in San Diego, California in a home filled with books, leading to a love affair with books and reading that has continued to this day. He is currently a professor of Applied Physics at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California where he serves as the Option Representative for Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics. Phillips received his PhD in condensed
matter physics at Washington University in 1989 studying with Anders Carlsson from whom he learned an enormous amount about the conduct of science. Prior to the privilege of a life in science, he spent seven years of travel, self-study and work as an electrician.
Though teaching is often viewed within research universities as a chore, Phillips finds teaching to be a central part of his attempt to learn more about how the world works. Stated simply, writing books is an intense and personal experience that Rob links to his teaching and is the primary way he is able to really learn a subject. He is currently engaged in several book projects, one of which concerns biological numeracy and is being co-authored with Ron Milo.
matter physics at Washington University in 1989 studying with Anders Carlsson from whom he learned an enormous amount about the conduct of science. Prior to the privilege of a life in science, he spent seven years of travel, self-study and work as an electrician.
Though teaching is often viewed within research universities as a chore, Phillips finds teaching to be a central part of his attempt to learn more about how the world works. Stated simply, writing books is an intense and personal experience that Rob links to his teaching and is the primary way he is able to really learn a subject. He is currently engaged in several book projects, one of which concerns biological numeracy and is being co-authored with Ron Milo.
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This review is from: Crystals, Defects and Microstructures: Modeling Across Scales (Paperback)
The publication of this book is very timely since it appears right before the happening of the first "International Conference on Multiscale Materials Model(l)ing", which has been held in June 2002 at the Queen Mary University of London. But it is the subtitle (Modeling Across Scales), not the title, that conveys you what the book's content is about. In other words, the author engages himself in the (difficult) task of showing you how real materials can be modeled (or thought of) by mean of a multiscale approach bridging the atomistic to the macroscopic structure & behavior. As you can well imagine, this is an outstanding task!The book is organized in four parts and it contains 13 chapters: Part I: Thinking about the Material World Part II: Energetics of Crystalline Solids Part III: Geometric Structures in Solids: Defects and Microstructures Part IV: Facing the Multiscale Challenge in Real Material Behavior Considering the difficulty of the subject and how it has been presented throughout the book, the clarity of language and the good quality of both graphs and figures, this book deserves five stars.
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This review is from: Crystals, Defects and Microstructures: Modeling Across Scales (Paperback)
This is the absolutely best book I have seen in the general materials science field--the writing is clear, the explanations excellent, and detail sufficient. The books title is correct, but I think a bit unfair--the book really shines as a general, graduate level introduction to all of materials science, if you take the quite reasonable view that the ability to better model crystals, defects, and microstructures forms the core of the field. As the author staes in the introduction, this books teaches you habits of the mind and modes of thought that help link up the disparate fields that make up materials, mechanics, and condensed matter physics. There is no book in my (admittedly limited) library I got more out of during the course of my studies. Final note: the book has excellent references, and is typset beautifully.
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Excellent Book !!!,
This review is from: Crystals, Defects and Microstructures: Modeling Across Scales (Paperback)
This book is the first book on computational materials science that embraces all the scales of modeling (as the title implies). The first 4 chapters are pretty much a review in Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics, Continuum Mechanics, and Condensed Matter Physics. This book could be used as a supplement text for a condensed matter physics course or a stand alone text for a Computational Materials Science course. This book is required reading for anybody doing modern materials modeling. Finally, Phillips has a lively writing style. For example, if you already know about tight-binding methods you will not be bored by reading that section in the book.
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effective theory construction, line defects, alloy phase diagrams, pair functional description, angular force schemes, structural competitors, interplanar potential, freedom thinning, pair functional formalism, crack tip dislocation nucleation, pair potential setting, pair functional approach, line tension approximation, cohesive surface models, pair potential description, eigenstrain concept, bridging scales, rectangular band model, elastic perspective, computed using density functional theory, total energy schemes, dissipative excitations, competing crystal structures, populate materials, involving multiple scales Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Monte Carlo, Wall Defects, Energetic Description of Cohesion, Cambridge University Press, Continuum Mechanics Revisited, Free Surfaces, Further Reading, The Netherlands, Academic Press, Solids Fig, Three-Dimensional Dislocation Configurations, Tight-Binding Calculations of the Total Energy, Idealizing Material Response, San Diego, Mechanics of the Harmonic Solid, Thermodynamics of Solids, Pergamon Press, Elemental Phase Diagrams, Modeling of Materials, New Jersey, Modeling the Dislocation Core, Point Defect Motions, Clarendon Press, Geometry of Slip Browse Sample Pages:
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effective theory construction, line defects, alloy phase diagrams, pair functional description, angular force schemes, structural competitors, interplanar potential, freedom thinning, pair functional formalism, crack tip dislocation nucleation, pair potential setting, pair functional approach, line tension approximation, cohesive surface models, pair potential description, eigenstrain concept, bridging scales, rectangular band model, elastic perspective, computed using density functional theory, total energy schemes, dissipative excitations, competing crystal structures, populate materials, involving multiple scales Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Monte Carlo, Wall Defects, Energetic Description of Cohesion, Cambridge University Press, Continuum Mechanics Revisited, Free Surfaces, Further Reading, The Netherlands, Academic Press, Solids Fig, Three-Dimensional Dislocation Configurations, Tight-Binding Calculations of the Total Energy, Idealizing Material Response, San Diego, Mechanics of the Harmonic Solid, Thermodynamics of Solids, Pergamon Press, Elemental Phase Diagrams, Modeling of Materials, New Jersey, Modeling the Dislocation Core, Point Defect Motions, Clarendon Press, Geometry of Slip Browse Sample Pages:
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