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Symmetry and Physical Properties of Crystals

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Malgrange, Cécile (Autor), Ricolleau, Christian (Autor), Schlenker, Michel (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.