The atomic structure of materials

The atomic structure of materials#

Contents#

  1. Prerequisite: vectors and matrices

  2. Atomic coordinates

  3. Elements of symmetry

  4. Symmetry operations as matrices

  5. Groups of point symmetries

  6. Visualizing higher symmetry point groups

  7. Assigning point groups to compounds

  8. Periodic materials and translational symmetry

  9. The unit cell

  10. Crystal Systems and Lattices

  11. Plane and space groups

  12. Working with crystallographic information files

  13. Structure Types

Lecture Slides#

Deck 1 | The Arrangement of Atoms in Space#

Deck-1

pdf

Deck 2 | The Unit Cell#

Deck-2

pdf

Deck 3 | Crystallographic Information#

Deck-3

pdf

Deck 4 | Structure Types#

Deck-4

pdf

Deck 5 | Tensor Properties of Crystals#

Deck-5

pdf

Contents