Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Introduction to geometrical frustration; 2. Ideal models; 3. Finite structures; 4. Decurving and disclinations; 5. Hierarchical polytopes; 6. Some physical properties; 7. Periodic structures with large cells; 8. Quasiperiodic order and frustration; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

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A clear account of how the application of geometrical frustration elucidates the structure and properties of non-periodic materials.