Introduction to Lattice Dynamics: 4 (Cambridge Topics in Mineral Physics and Chemistry, Series Number 4)
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 6/13/2014
EAN 9780521398947, ISBN10: 0521398940
Paperback, 100 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
The vibrations of atoms inside crystals - lattice dynamics - is basic to many fields of study in the solid-state and mineral sciences. Lattice dynamics is becoming increasingly important for work on mineral stability. This book provides a self-contained text that introduces the subject from a basic level and then takes the reader through real applications of the theory. The book is aimed at advanced undergraduates, graduate students and research workers in the earth and solid-state sciences who need to incorporate lattice dynamic treatments into their work. Applications include the use of lattice dynamics instabilities to study the origin of phase transitions in crystals and the use of vibrational spectra to obtain information about inter-atomic forces.
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Definitions of symbols used
1. Some fundamentals
2. The harmonic approximation and lattice dynamics of very simple systems
3. Dynamics of diatomic crystals
general principles
4. How far do the atoms move?
5. Lattice dynamics and thermodynamics
6. Formal description
7. Acoustic modes and macroscopic elasticity
8. Anharmonic effects and phase transitions
9. Neutron scattering
10. Infrared and Raman spectroscopy
11. Formal quantum mechanical description of lattice vibrations
12. Molecular dynamics simulations
Appendices
Problems
Bibliography
Index.