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Fig. 9 (a) Sketch of the structure of the hexagonal columnar phase of DNA, showing parallel molecules hexagonally packed in the plane perpendicular to their axis, a and 4 are the lattice parameters, (b) COL developable domains observed in polarized microscopy, w indicates defect walls between differently oriented domains, while 7t stands for point defect around which DNA molecules continuously bend (size bar is 10 pm). Adapted with permission from [27]... 

The piopeities of a ceramic material that make it suitable for a given electronic appHcation are intimately related to such physical properties as crystal stmcture, crystallographic defects, grain boundaries, domain stmcture, microstmcture, and macrostmcture. The development of ceramics that possess desirable electronic properties requires an understanding of the relationship between material stmctural characteristics and electronic properties and how processing conditions maybe manipulated to control stmctural features. 

The measurement of mechanical properties is a major part of the domain of characterisation. The tensile test is the key procedure, and this in turn is linked with the various tests to measure fracture toughness... crudely speaking, the capacity to withstand the weakening effects of defects. Elaborate test procedures have been developed to examine resistance to high-speed impact of projectiles, a property of civil (birdstrike on aircraft) as well as military importance. Another kind of lest is needed to measure the elastic moduli in different directions of an anisotropic crystal this is, for instance, vital for the proper exploitation of quartz crystal slices in quartz watches. 

Abstract. We review the recent development of quantum dynamics for nonequilibrium phase transitions. To describe the detailed dynamical processes of nonequilibrium phase transitions, the Liouville-von Neumann method is applied to quenched second order phase transitions. Domain growth and topological defect formation is discussed in the second order phase transitions. Thermofield dynamics is extended to nonequilibrium phase transitions. Finally, we discuss the physical implications of nonequilibrium processes such as decoherence of order parameter and thermalization. 

Two models have been developed to describe the superstructure found in these salts. In the Kobayashi et al. model, cation ordering in the channels adjacent to the [Pt(C204)2] chain is responsible for the development of the superstructure and the 3D modulation of the Pt atom chain.79 On the other hand, Bertinotti and coworkers have proposed that the chains are fragmented into micro-domains by periodic intrinsic defects associated with polarons.78 82 Three orthogonal deformation modes, one longitudinal and two transverse, are present in each chain and a fourth mode corresponds to a global sliding of the molecular column. 

Recently, it has been demonstrated [53] that at room temperature the Ge(0 01) surface does not show a uniform simple reconstruction, but instead an ordered striped pattern consisting of p(2 x 1) and c(4 x 2) domains (see Fig. 4). This striped pattern corresponds to a minimum free energy and can be fully explained in terms of a well-established strain relaxation theory [54]. With increasing temperature the p(2 x 1) domains grow at the expense of the c(4 x 2) domains. It requires extremely clean and defect-free surfaces to observe this phenomenon, which is probably the reason why it hasn t been observed before. In contrast to Ge(00 1) it is inherently difficult to prepare clean Si(00 1) surfaces with defect densities low enough for this pattern to develop. 

The graphitization stage (HTT > 2000°C) corresponds to complete dewrinkling of the layers, which become stiff and nearly perfect within each LMO area (stage 4 in Figure 4). Rapid development of three dimensional order then occurs because the defects situated at the boundaries of the zigzag domains have been suddenly removed. 

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