Space Groups for Solid State Scientists

This Second Edition provides solid state scientists, who are not necessarily experts in crystallography, with an understandable and comprehensive guide to the new International Tables for Crystallography. The basic ideas of symmetry, lattices, point groups, and space groups are explained in a clear and detailed manner. Notation is introduced in a step-by-step way so that the reader is supplied with the tools necessary to derive and apply space group information. Of particular interest in this second edition are the discussions of space groups application to such timely topics as high-temperature superconductors, phase transitions, semiconductor superlattices, incommensurate modulation, and icosahedral symmetry.

Research scientists and graduate students in the fields of solid state chemistry, solid state physics, materials science, earth science, mineralogy, and crystallography

Point Symmetry Operations. Crystal Systems. The 14 Bravais Lattices. The 32 Crystallographic Point Groups. Development of Space Groups. Some Uses of Space Groups. The New International Tables. Variations on a Structural Theme. High-Temperature Superconductors. Appendixes. Formula Index. Subject Index.