André Guinier: Local order in condensed matter

Topological order in condensed matter physics Topological order in condensed matter physics

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Devil’s staircase and order without periodicity in classical condensed matter

2014 The existence of incommensurate structures proves that a crystalline ordering is not always the most stable one for non-quantum matter. Some properties of structures which are obtained by minimizing a free energy are investigated in the Frenkel-Kontorova and related models. It is shown that an incommensurate structure can be either quasi-sinusoidal with a phason mode or built out of a sequ...

Topological framework for local structure analysis in condensed matter.

Physical systems are frequently modeled as sets of points in space, each representing the position of an atom, molecule, or mesoscale particle. As many properties of such systems depend on the underlying ordering of their constituent particles, understanding that structure is a primary objective of condensed matter research. Although perfect crystals are fully described by a set of translation ...

Condensed matter

Foreword Physics and physicists play a vital role in underpinning our way of life, improving its quality and contributing in a major way to wealth creation. Innovations as powerful and diverse as the World Wide Web and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have emerged from studies in basic physics, becoming everyday technologies in just two decades. It is, therefore, a worthwhile challenge to specu...

Condensed matter.