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100			_aMalgrange, Cécile _eauthor. _9815660
245		0	_aSymmetry and physical properties of crystals
260			_aNew York : _bSpringer, _c2014.
300			_axxv, 522p. _b: ill.
500			_aGeneral references 507-510p.; Index 511-522p.
520			_aCrystals are everywhere, from natural crystals (minerals) through the semiconductors and magnetic materials in electronic devices and computers or piezoelectric resonators at the heart of our quartz watches to electro-optical devices. Understanding them in depth is essential both for pure research and for their applications. This book provides a clear, thorough presentation of their symmetry, both at the microscopic space-group level and the macroscopic point-group level. The implications of the symmetry of crystals for their physical properties are then presented, together with their mathematical description in terms of tensors. The conditions on the symmetry of a crystal for a given property to exist then become clear, as does the symmetry of the property. The geometrical representation of tensor quantities or properties is presented, and its use in determining important relationships emphasized.
650			_a Bravais lattices _9815661
650			_a Crystal anisotropy and tensors _9815662
650			_a Space groups _9815663
650			_aCrystal lattices
700			_aRicolleau, Christian _eco-author _9815664
700			_aSchlenker, Michel _eco-author _9815665
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