Heat Flow and Quantum Oscillators
stefanke2021-07-14T10:28:06-06:0011/05
Good vibrations
Materials that are absolutely perfect—in other words, materials that contain no defect of any kind—are usually not very interesting. Imagine being married to a saint: you would quickly be bored out of your mind! Defects and impurities can considerably change many properties of materials in ways that allow a wide range of applications.
