Symmetry and Physical Properties of Crystals

• Main Authors: Malgrange, Cécile (Author), Ricolleau, Christian (Author), Schlenker, Michel (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Physics.; Inorganic chemistry.; Mineralogy.; Solid state physics.; Crystallography.; Materials science.; Inorganic Chemistry.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Solid State Physics.

Crystals are everywhere, from natural crystals (minerals) through the semiconductors and magnetic materials in electronic devices and computers or piezoelectric resonators at the heart of our quartz watches to electro-optical devices. Understanding them in depth is essential both for pure research a...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Symmetry operations
• Crystal lattices
• Relationship between space groups and point groups
• Point groups
• Bravais lattices
• Space groups
• Chemical bonds and crystal structures
• Crystal anisotropy and tensors
• Second-rank tensors
• Stress tensor
• Deformation of a solid. The strain tensor
• Elasticity
• Elastic waves in crystals
• Crystal thermodynamics. Piezoelectricity
• Light propagation in crystals
• Polarization of light by crystals
• Optical activity, or rotatory power.