Generalized Dynamics of Soft-Matter Quasicrystals

Notations.- Preface to the first edition.- Preface to the second Edition.- Introduction to soft matter.- Discovery of soft-matter quasicrystals and their properties.- Brief review on elasticity and hydrodynamics of solid quasicrystals.- Case study of equation of state of several structured fluids.- Poisson bracket method and equations of motion of soft-matter quasicrystals.- Oseen theory and Oseen solution.- Dynamics of soft-matter quasicrystals with 12-fold symmetry.- Dynamics of 10-fold symmetrical soft-matter quasicrystals.- Dynamics of possible soft-matter quasicrystals with 8-fold symmetry.- Dynamics of soft-matter quasicrystals with 18-fold symmetry.- Dynamics of possible soft-matter quasicrystals with 7-, 9- and 14-fold symmetries.- Re-discussion on symmetry breaking and elementary excitations concerning quasicrystals.- An application to thermodynamic stability of soft-matter quasicrystals.- Applications to device physics: photon band-gap of holographic photonic quasicrystals.-Possible applications to general soft matter.- Applications to smectic-A liquid crystals, dislocation and crack.- Conclusion remarks

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• Física Matemática
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• Física da Matéria Condensada (física do estado sólido e estado líquido)
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Fluid phonon;Soft-matter quasicrystals;Generalized hydrodynamics;Kleman-Pershan solution;Equation of state in structured liquids;Transient dynamic analysis;Quasiperiodic symmetry;Symmetry breaking;Interaction among photons;Nonlinear partial differential equations;Solid quasicrystals;Poisson bracket method;Oseen flow;Holographic photonic quasicrystals