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UNINA9910467829703321 |
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Neuville Daniel R |
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From glass to crystal : nucleation, growth and phase separation, from research to applications / / Daniel R. Neuville [and three others], editors |
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London, England : , : EDP Sciences, , 2017 |
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©2017 |
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1 online resource (665 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Crystal growth |
Electronic books. |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Contributors -- Main symbols and physical constants -- Abbreviations -- Main crystalline phases considered in this book -- Chapter 1: The classical nucleation theory -- Chapter 2: Beyond the classical nucleation theory -- Chapter 3: Thermodynamics of the glassy and the crystalline states – General kinetics of return to equilibrium -- Chapter 4: Phase separation processes in glass -- Chapter 5: Solid-state chemistry approach of the main crystalline phases in glass-ceramics -- Chapter 6: Elaboration and control of glass-ceramic microstructures -- Chapter 7: X-ray diffraction and glass-ceramic materials -- Chapter 8: Glass and crystallisation: mechanical properties -- Chapter 9: Electron microscopy applied to the study of nucleation and crystallisation in glasses -- Chapter 10: X-ray and neutron small-angle scattering -- Chapter 11: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: deciphering disorder and crystallisation phenomena in glassy materials -- Chapter 12: Raman spectroscopy: a valuable tool to improve our understanding of nucleation and growth mechanism -- Chapter 13: In situ crystallisation investigations using large scale facilities -- Chapter 14: Commercial applications of glass-ceramics -- Glass and glass-ceramic biomaterials -- Chapter 16: Colouring by metallic nanoparticles -- Chapter 17. Transparent glass-ceramics -- Chapter 18: Luminescence properties of |
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rare earth ions doped in insulating nanoparticles embedded in glassy hosts -- Chapter 19: Glass-ceramics for engineering optical properties and nonlinear optics for engineering glass ceramics -- Chapter 20: Oxyfluoride glass-ceramics -- Chapter 21: Nucleation, crystallisation and phase separation in chalcogenide glasses -- Chapter 22: Glass-ceramics for waste immobilization -- Chapter 23: Crystalline glazes -- References -- Index -- Figures Rights & Permissions |
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Glass-ceramics are now commonplace in our daily lives, despite having only been discovered for less than a century. Much still remains to be investigated and understood about these materials, both in their applications as well as in the underlying scientific concepts. This book aims to contribute to this objective, providing a complete overview on these materials. It presents an update on the recent developments concerning the mechanisms of nucleation, crystal growth and phase separation, bringing together theoretical aspects and characterization methods. It also covers current and future applications of a large variety of glass-ceramics. The book comprises three main parts. The first proposes an assessment of the various theories on nucleation, growth and phase separation in glassy systems. The second describes microscopic and spectroscopic analytical tools and focuses on recent advances applied to the characterization of glass-ceramics. The last part presents different families of glass-ceramics (oxides, oxyfluorides, chalcogenides) and their applications in many areas (optics, biomedical, domestic, artistic, storage of hazardous wastes.). This reference book is destined to students (Master, PhD levels…), lecturers, researchers, engineers, at university or in industry, or just those of us who are curious and keen to discover the exciting world of transformation of glass into these “hybrid” glass-ceramic materials, arising through this apparently simple glass to crystal transformation. |
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UNINA9910160844603321 |
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Yogananda Paramahansa |
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Autobiography of a Yogi |
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Munchen : , : Liese, Andreas. OUTSIDE THE BOX, , 2002 |
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©2002 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (528 p.) |
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Yoga, Kriya |
Spiritual life |
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"Autobiography of a Yogi" is an autobiography of Paramahansa Yogananda (January 5, 1893-March 7, 1952) first published in 1946. Yogananda was born Mukunda Lal Ghosh in Gorakhpur, India into a Bengali family. "Autobiography of a Yogi" introduces the reader to the life of Paramahansa Yogananda and his encounters with spiritual figures of both the East and West. The book begins with his childhood family life, to finding his guru, to becoming a monk and establishing his teachings of Kriya Yoga meditation. The book continues in 1920 when Yogananda accepts an invitation to speak in a religious congress in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He then travels across America lecturing and establishing his teachings in Los Angeles, California. In 1935 he returns to India for a yearlong visit. When he returns to America, he continues to establish his teachings, including writing this book. The book is an introduction to the methods of attaining God-realization and to the spiritual thought of the East, which had only been available to a few in 1946. The author claims that the writing of the book was prophesied long ago by the nineteenth-century master Lahiri Mahasava.(Excerpt from Wikipedia) |
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