Symmetry Relationships between Crystal Structures Applications of Crystallographic Group Theory in Crystal Chemistry

by Muller, Ulrich

• ISBN13: 9780199669950
• ISBN10: 0199669953
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-05-19
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
Part I: Crystallographic Foundations
2. Basics of crystallography, part 1
3. Mappings
4. Basics of crystallography, part 2
5. Group theory
6. Basics of crystallography, part 3
7. Subgroups and supergroups of point and space groups
8. Conjugate subgroups, normalizers and equivalent descriptions of crystal structures
9. How to handle space groups
Part II: Symmetry Relations between Space Groups as a Tool to disclose Connections between Crystal Structures
10. The group-theoretical presentation of crystal-chemical relationships
11. Symmetry relations between between related crystal structures
12. Pitfalls when setting up group-subgroup relations
13. Derivation of crystal structures from closest packings of spheres
14. Crystal structures of molecular compounds
15. Symmetry relations at phase transitions
16. Topotactic reactions
17. Group-subgroup relations as an aid for structure determination
18. Prediction of possible structure types
19. Historical remarks
Appendix A: Isomorphic subgroups
Appendix B: On the theory of phase transitions
Appendix C: Symmetry species
Appendix D: Solutions to the exercises
References
Glossary
Index