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This text focuses on the practical aspects of crystal structure analysis, and provides the necessary conceptual framework for understanding and applying the technique. By choosing an approach that does not put too much emphasis on the mathematics involved, the book gives practical advice on topics such as growing crystals, solving and refining structures, and understanding and using the results. The technique described is a core experimental method in modern structural chemistry, and plays an ever more important role in the careers of graduate students, postdoctoral and academic staff in chemistry, and final-year undergraduates.
Much of the material of the first edition has been significantly updated and expanded, and some new topics have been added. The approach to several of the topics has changed, reflecting the book's new authorship, and recent developments in the subject. ... Read more

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A great introduction in crystal structure analysis
This book should be one of the best introduction in crystal structure analysis for the beginners! Everybody wanting to start with x-ray structure analysis should read this book at the very beginning, since it's, in fact, a International Union of Crystallography Text on Crystallography. It covers the most important topics of x-ray structure analysis in an easy understandable language without boring the reader with mathematical details. You can get a good impression about what the basic principles and problems of x-crystallography are, and how they can be solved. ... Read more

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International Tables for Crystallography is the definitive resource and reference work for crystallography and structural science.

Each of the eight volumes in the series contains articles and tables of data relevant to crystallographic research and to applications of crystallographic methods in all sciences concerned with the structure and properties of materials. Emphasis is given to symmetry, diffraction methods and techniques of crystal-structure determination, and the physical and chemical properties of crystals. The data are accompanied by discussions of theory, practical explanations and examples, all of which are useful for teaching.

Volume B provides the reader with competent and useful accounts of the numerous aspects of reciprocal space in crystallographic research. Following an introductory chapter, the volume is divided into five parts:

Part 1: Presents an account of structure factor formalisms, extensive treatment of the theory, algorithms and crystallographic applications of Fourier methods, and fundamental as well as advanced treatments of symmetry in reciprocal space.

Part 2: Discusses crystallographic statistics, the theory of direct methods, Patterson techniques, isomorphous replacement and anomalous scattering, and treatments of the role of electron microscopy and diffraction in crystal- structure determination.

Part 3: Includes applications of reciprocal space to molecular geometry and `best'-plane calculations, and contains a treatment of the principles of molecular graphics and modeling and their applications.

Part 4:Contains treatments of various diffuse-scattering phenomena arising from crystal dynamics, disorder and low dimensionality (liquid crystals), and an exposition of the underlying theories and/or experimental evidence. Polymer crystallography and reciprocal-space images of aperiodic crystals are also treated.

Part 5: Discusses introductory treatments of the theory of the interaction of radiation with matter (dynamical theory) as applied to X-ray, electron and neutron diffraction techniques.

Substantially revised and updated to take into account recent developments, the third edition of volume B includes contributions from seven new authors and a new chapter on extensions of the Ewald method for Coulomb interactions in crystals. There are three new sections on electron diffraction and electron microscopy in structure determination.

Volume B is a vital addition to the library of scientists engaged in crystal-structure determination, crystallographic computing, crystal physics and other fields of crystallographic research. Graduate students specializing in crystallography will find much material suitable for self-study and a rich source of references to the relevant literature. ... Read more

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Modern Crystallography IV is devoted to a systematic and upto-date description of fundamental physical properties of solid and liquid crystals. These include elastic and mechanical, dielectric and ferroelectric, magnetic and optical properties, transport phenomena and spectroscopy. An important feature of the treatment is its use of the crystallographic approach, an introduction to which is given in the opening chapter of the book. The topics are treated at a level understandable to students who have two years of university physics. Researchers and engineers working on practical applications should also find the book useful, as should specialists in other fields who wish to broaden their knowledge of crystallography and materials science. The book is written by a group of leading scientists from the Institute of Crystallography of the USSR Academy of Sciences. ... Read more

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X-ray crystallography has been a vital method for studying the structure of proteins and other macromolecules for many years. As the importance of proteins continues to grow in a wide range of research fields form basic biochemistry and biophysics to pharmaceutical development and biotechnology, more and more researchers have found a knowledge of X-ray diffraction to be an indispensable tool. This book provides the theoretical background necessary to understand how the structures of proteins are determined at atomic resolution. It is intended to be an introduction for graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and established scientists who want to apply protein crystallography in their own endeavours, or need to understand the subject in order to critically evaluate the literature. ... Read more

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This is a clear and comprehensive introduction to the topics of crystallography and diffraction for undergraduate and beginning graduate students and lecturers in physics, chemistry, materials, and earth sciences. It shows how crystal structures may be built up from simple ideas of atomic packing and co-ordination, and develops the concepts of crystal symmetry, point and space groups by way oftwo-dimensional examples of patterns and tilings. The concept of the reciprocal lattice is explained in simple terms and its importance in an understanding o light, x-ray and electron diffraction. Finally, the book covers practical examples of the applications of these techniques and describes the importance of diffraction in the performance of optical instruments. ... Read more

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I found this book to be a very nice introduction of X-Ray Crystallography.There is just enough detail so that it is not overwhelming, but you can still learn quite a bit from this book.

good introduction to crystallography
For an undergrad reader, Hammond develops the theory and explains the experiments you can do in crytallography. The theory of scattering from a single crystal explains the diffraction patterns. The latter are what you observe, and the text shows how you can work back from these to deduce what the underlying crystal structure might be.

There are variations on this approach. Especially the powder method, where you do not have a single crystal, but a powder of microcrystals. Which can be visualised as spinning the Bravais lattice around its origin, to give the diffraction patterns.

More recent observations like quasicrystals are also covered.

A good introduction to crystallography.

Highly recommended.
Very nice book, very comprehensive, excellent quality of pictures. Can be recommended as a very gentle introduction to crystallography and diffraction. Probably not so useful for more advanced students. ... Read more

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A revised and updated English version of a postgraduate textbook that has grown out of several years of classroom development. The term "inorganic" is used in a broad sense as the book covers the structural chemistry of representative elements (including carbon) in the Periodic Table, organometallics, coordination polymers, host-guest systems and supramolecular assemblies.
Part I of the book reviews the basic bonding theories, including a chapter on computational chemistry.Part II introduces point groups and space groups and their chemical applications.Part III comprises a succinct account of the structural chemistry of the elements in the periodic table. It presents structure and bonding, generalizations of structural trends, crystallographic data, as well as highlights from the recent literature. ... Read more

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Symmetry exists in realms from crystals to patterns, in external shapes of living or non-living objects, as well as in the fundamental particles and the physical laws that govern them. In fact, the search for this symmetry is the driving force for the discovery of many fundamental particles and the formulation of many physical laws. While one can not imagine a world which is absolutely symmetrical nor can one a world which is absolutely asymmetrical. These two aspects of nature are intermingled with each other inseparably. This is the basis of the existence of aperiodicity manifested in the liquid crystals and also quasi-crystals also discussed in “Crystallography and the World of Symmetry”.

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International Tables for Crystallography Volume D: PhysicalProperties of Crystals is concerned with the influence ofsymmetry on the physical and tensor properties of crystals and ontheir structural phase transitions. This role is very important inmany different disciplines of the science of materials such ascrystallography, elasticity, solid-state physics, magnetism, optics,ferroelectricity and mineralogy. Part 1 introduces the mathematical properties of tensors and of grouprepresentations and gives their independent components for each of thecrystallographic groups. The software included in the accompanying CDROM enables the irreducible representations of finite point groups inthree dimensions (the 32 crystallographic groups and the groups of thequasicrystalline phases) and the independent components of a tensor ofany rank for each of these groups to be determined. Part 2 is devotedto the symmetry aspects of excitations in reciprocal space: phonons,electrons, Raman scattering and Brillouin scattering. Part 3 dealswith the symmetry aspects of structural phase transitions and oftwinning. A prominent feature is the joint description of twinning anddomain structures, which are usually presented in completely separateways in handbooks of physics and mineralogy. The theory of structural phase transitions relates the symmetrycharacteristics of the transitions to their physical ones. Theapplication of the symmetry principles that derive from this theory isillustrated by the tables on the CD ROM. The CD ROM also containstables of tensor properties at any group--subgroup phasetransition. ... Read more

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A powerful and relatively new method for extracting detailed crystal structural information from X-ray and neutron powder diffraction data, the Rietveld method attracts a great deal of interest from researchers in physics, chemistry, materials science, and crystallography. Now available in paperback, this book comprises chapters from international researchers on all aspects of this important technique. It will be of great interest to all researchers in the fields, as well as graduate students seeking a solid introduction and comprehensive survey. ... Read more

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A COMPACT OVERVIEW OF THE RIETVELD METHOD
Professor Young's must be congratulated for having made a great effort in putting together an up-to-date book on the Rietveld Method. The books gives a rather comprehensive overview of the underlying principles of this veryimportant technique of powder diffraction. It may be quite useful for theuninitiated scientist in this exciting field. Hence, the book should beconsidered an 101 level course in Rietveld Analysis. Although, each chapteris rigorously written and all the chapterarranged in a systematicfashion, the book simply lacks "case studies" in the step by stepapplication of the technique. Therefore, only a 3 star rating given. Mostof the "newcomer" suffer from the lack of guides on how toperform Rietveld refinements and resources in this area is extremelyscarce. To sum up, those who wish to have an idea on what the Rietveldmethod is all about and what it can do for you, this book would mostcertainly be a valuable reference (especially references cited thereinwould come in very handy!). ... Read more

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Until the 1970s all materials studied consisted of periodic arrays of unit cells, or were amorphous. In the last decades a new class of solid state matter, called aperiodic crystals, has been found. It is a long range ordered structure, but without lattice periodicity. It is found in a wide range of materials: organic and anorganic compounds, minerals (including a substantial portion of the earths crust), and metallic alloys, under various pressures and temperatures. Because of the lack of periodicity the usual techniques for the study of structure and physical propertiesno longer work, and new techniques have to be developed. This book deals with the characterisation of the structure, the structure determination and the study of the physical properties, especially dynamical and electronic properties of aperiodic crystals. The treatment is based on a description in a space with more dimensions than three, the so-called superspace. This allows us to generalise the standard crystallography and to look differently at thedynamics. The three main classes of aperiodic crystals, modulated phases, incommensurate composites and quasicrystals are treated from a unified point of view, which stresses similarities of the various systems. The book assumes as a prerequisite a knowledge of the fundamental techniques of crystallography and the theory of condensed matter, and covers the literature at the forefront of the field. ... Read more

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beware of sloppy notation,
This book covers most of the quasicrystal research to date, with comprehensive references.
However, one thing that really really irks me is sloppy notation, in the sense that the exact SAME notation is used to define two different entities, ON the exact same page!An example would be to use n2 to define a particular coordinate, and then using n2 again to define a second different coordinate, where these 2 coordinates are then subsequently required to construct a "clear picture". Also, there are omissions of important assumptions, which are stated with a simple line stating what it is, causing confusion why certain things are stated as is, one has to trace back to the original work for that important constraint which could have alleviated frustration on the reader.
For a experienced crystallographer, this book is a great resource, but not so for a novice trying to enter the field and get a CLEAR working knowledge on how to implement the theory without having to consult previous references for KEY details.
One plus is that numerous examples are given, which may be why the author has taken certain liberties like so. ... Read more

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Chemical crystallography is the study of the principles of chemistry behind crystals and their use in describing structure-property relations in solids. The principles that govern the assembly of crystal and glass structures are described, models of many of the technologically important crystal structures are studied, and the effect of crystal structure on the various fundamental mechanisms responsible for many physical properties are discussed. This new book presents and reviews data on the co-ordination chemistry of several metal complexes with dipicolinic acid and the crystal structure of some anti-malarial metal complexes. ... Read more

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This is a handbook of formula used in crystallography covering such topics as the relations of vectors in the reciprocal lattice; the defining vectors for various crystal systems and transformations among them; structure factors for various lattices; quantities such as the angles between planes and the repeat spacing in reciprocal space for the seven Bravais lattices; and conversion factors for transforming one lattice system into another. The material is presented in a condensed, encyclopedic manner that will make it an excellent reference for researchers as well as graduate students just entering the field. ... Read more