Crystallography of Modular Materials

Ferraris, Giovanni; Makovicky, Emil; Merlino, Stefano

ISBN 10: 0199545693 / ISBN 13: 9780199545698

Published by Oxford University Press, 2008

About this Item

This comprehensive text is addressed at scientists who are interested in considering crystalline materials from a non-conventional but inspiring viewpoint. It contains the first systematic theoretical and illustrative presentation of crystalline materials built from modules. Series: International Union of Crystallography - Monographs on Crystallography. Num Pages: 384 pages, numerous figures and tables. BIC Classification: PHFC; PNRS; PNT; PNV; TGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 588. . 2008. Paperback. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Crystallography of Modular Materials
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199545693
• ISBN 13: 9780199545698
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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 stuctures are built. Most inorganic structures, however, are infinite arrays of atoms and some kinds of surrogate modules, e.g. coordination 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 stucture determination. This book develops the theory of twinning with the inclusion of worked examples, converting the "demons" into useful indicators for unravelling crystall strutures. In spite of the increasing use of the concepts of modular crystallography for charaterising, 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.

About the Author

Giovanni Ferraris is at Faculty of Mathematical Physical and Natural Sciences, University of Turin, Italy. Emil Makovicky is at the Mineralogy Department of the Geological Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Stefano Merlino is at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Pisa, Italy.