Symmetry and physical properties of crystals Cécile Malgrange, Christian Ricolleau, Michel Schlenker

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Malgrange, Cécile, author.

Ricolleau, Christian, author.

Schlenker, M. (Michel), 1940- author.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Crystallography.

Surfaces (Physics).

Crystallography, Mathematical.

Physics.

Mineralogy.

Chemistry, Inorganic.

physics.

inorganic chemistry.

mineralogy.

Symmetry (Physics).

Medical Subjects:

Physics.

Chemistry, Inorganic.

Crystallography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht Springer 2014

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 and for their applications. This book provides a clear, thorough presentation of their symmetry, both at the microscopic space-group level and the macroscopic point-group level. The implications of the symmetry of crystals for their physical properties are then presented, together with their mathematical description in terms of tensors. The conditions on the symmetry of a crystal for a given property to exist then become clear, as does the symmetry of the property. The geometrical representation of tensor quantities or properties is presented, and its use in determining important relationships emphasized. An original feature of this book is that most chapters include exercises with complete solutions. This allows readers to test and improve their understanding of the material. The intended readership includes undergraduate and graduate students in materials science and materials-related aspects of electrical and optical engineering; researchers involved in the investigation of the physical properties of crystals and the design of applications based on crystal properties such as piezoelectricity, electro-optics, optical activity and all those involved in the characterization of the structural properties of materials

Contents:

Foreword

Preface

Table of symbols

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Symmetry operations

Chapter 3. Crystal lattices

Chapter 4. Relationship between space groups and point groups

Chapter 5. Point groups

Chapter 6. Bravais lattices

Chapter 7. Space groups

Chapter 8. Chemical bonds and crystal structures

Chapter 9. Crystal anisotropy and tensors

Chapter 10. Second-rank tensors

Chapter 11. Stress tensor

Chapter 12. Deformation of a solid. The strain tensor

Chapter 13. Elasticity

Chapter 14. Elastic waves in crystals

Chapter 15. Crystal thermodynamics. Piezoelectricity

Chapter 16. Light propagation in crystals

Chapter 17. Polarization of light by crystals

Chapter 18. Optical activity, or rotatory power

Chapter 19. Electro-optical and elasto-optical effects

Chapter 20. Solutions to the exercises

General references

Index

Notes:

"Translated, revised and adapted from ''Symétrie et Propriétés Physiques des Cristaux'', Cécile Malgrange, Christian Ricolleau et Françoise Lefaucheux, EDP Sciences/CNRS Éditions 2011." -- t.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Print version Malgrange, Cécile. Symmetry and physical properties of crystals

ISBN:

9789401789936

9401789932

9789401789929

9401789924

OCLC:

902738742

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