Fundamentals of Crystallography

Crystal lattice, symmetry elements, point groups, infinite symmetry elements, space group, international tables of crystallography

Reciprocal lattice, Structural factors, reflection conditions, Single crystal- and powder X-ray diffraction methods.

Crystal growth, Tensor properties and transformation, pyro-, piezo- electricity, permittivity, elastic properties etc.

The following course/module was developed at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg.

Learning outcomes / Competencies:

• Students should be able to describe the crystal structure.

• performing structural analysis

• understanding relationships between crystal structure and some physical properties

Crystallography

Institute of Experimental Physics.
TU Bergakademie Freiberg

Dr. Mateo de Vivanco

Dr. Mateo de Vivanco