Fundamentals of Crystallography (International Union of Crystallography Book Series, No. 2)

In recent years, crystallographic techniques have found application in a wide range of subjects, and these applications in turn have lead to exciting developments in the field of crystallography itself. This new textbook offers an introduction to these developments, and for the first time provides, in a single volume, a comprehensive and accessible overview of modern crystallography. The text offers a rigorous treatment of theory and describes experimental applications in many fields. These are covered in chapters on crystal structure and methods of its determination, symmetry, crystallographic computing, X-ray diffraction, protein crystallography, and crystal physics. Symmetry In Crystals ; Crystallographic Computing ; The Diffraction Of X-rays By Crystals / Carmelo Giacovazzo -- Experimental Methods In X-ray Crystallography / Hugo L. Monaco -- Solution And Refinement Of Crystal Structures / Davide Viterbo -- Ionic Crystals / Fernando Scordari -- Molecules And Molecular Crystals / Gastone Gilli -- Protein Crystallography / Giuseppe Zanotti -- Physical Properties Of Crystals / Michele Catti. C. Giacovazzo ... [et Al.] ; Edited By C. Giacovazzo. Includes Bibliographical References. Offers a rigorous treatment of the theory of crystallography and detailed descriptions of experimental applications in a wide range of sciences, including computational aspects, protein crystallography and crystal physics