Symmetry and physical properties of crystals /
Cécile Malgrange, Christian Ricolleau, Michel Schlenker.
- xxv, 522 páginas : 247 ilustraciones
Springer eBooks
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.