Crystallography of Modular Materials

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-19-852664-3
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, Band 15, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 737 g

Reihe: International Union of Crystallography Monographs on Crystallography

This is the first book to provide a comprehensive treatment of theories and applications in the rapidly expanding field of the crystallography of modular materials. Molecules are the natural modules from which molecular crystalline structures are built. Most inorganic structures, however, are infinite arrays of atoms and some kinds of surrogate modules, e.g. co-ordination polyhedra, are usually used to describe them. In recent years the attention has been focused on
complex modules as the basis for a systematic description of polytypes and homologous/polysomatic series (modular structures). This representation is applied to the modelling of unknown structures and understanding nanoscale defects and intergrowths in materials. The Order/Disorder (OD) theory is
fundamental to developing a systematic theory of polytypism, dealing with those structures based on both ordered and disordered stacking of one or more layers. Twinning at both unit-cell and micro-scale, together with disorder, causes many problems, "demons", for computer-based methods of crystal structure determination. This book develops the theory of twinning with the inclusion of worked examples, converting the "demons" into useful indicators for unravelling crystal structure. In spite of
the increasing use of the concepts of modular crystallography for characterising, understanding and tailoring technological crystalline materials, this is the first book to offer a unified treatment of the results, which are spread across many different journals and original papers published over the
last twenty years.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ferraris, Giovanni

Makovicky, Emil

Merlino, Stefano

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Petrologie, Mineralogie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Wirtschaftsgeologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Bergbau, Hüttenwesen
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Festkörperphysik, Kondensierte Materie
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Metallische Werkstoffe
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie Chemische Kristallographie
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Metallurgie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Mechanik Klassische Mechanik, Newtonsche Mechanik

Über Autor(innen)

Giovanni Ferraris is Professor of Crystallography at the University of Turin, Italy.

Emil Makovicky is Professor of Mineralogy at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Stefano Merlino is Professor of Crystallography at the University of Pisa, Italy.