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Basic Structures of Solid Materials

014007.01 Fall 2023

Basic Information


Advisor: Prof. Pingwu Du & Assoc. Prof. Wenhua Zhang
Credit: 3
Hours: 60
Week: 1~18
Time:
15:55~18:20, Monday
Room: 2406, East Campus
Textbook:
Space Groups for Solid State Scientists (3rd Edition)
,  Michael Glazer & Gerald Burns, Academic Press, 2016.    Download
Reference Books:
Fundamentals of Crystallography, Shan Qin, Peking University Press, 2006.
Fundamentals of X-ray Crystallography (2nd Edition)), Dongcai Liang, Science Press, 2006.
Space Groups for Solid State Scientists (1st Edition, Chinese Ver.), Written by Gerald Burns & Michael Glazer, Translated by Wenhai Yu & Gui'en Zhou, Science Press, 1984.
Lecture Notes of Crystallography, Gui'en Zhou, University of Science and Technology of China, 1980.
Modern Crystallography 1: Fundamentals of Crystals - Symmetry and Methods of Structure Crystallograhy (2nd Edition, Chinese Ver.), Written by Boris K. ainshtein, Translated by Ziqin Wu & Xia Sun, University of Science and Technology of China Press, 2011.
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Learning Guidance: Guidance Manual for Basic Structures of Solid Materials    Download
Teaching Assistant: Yixuan Che
QQ Group: 540091812
Final Evaluation: 4.98/5.00 (Rank 4)


Slides


Chapter 1  Points, Lines, and Planes in Crystal
Including:
  • Basic concepts of crystallography
  • Point, line, and plane index
  • Calculation of crystal bands and crystal planes
  • Stereographic projection
Chapter 2  Point Symmetric Operation
Including:
  • Rotations
  • Mirrors
  • Inversion 
  • Combination of symmetric elements
Chapter 3  Crystal System and Point Group
Including:
  • Group theories
  • Seven bulk crystal systems
  • Crystallographic and molecular point groups
Chapter 4  Bravais Lattice

Chapter 5  Non-Point Symmetric Operation
Including:
  • Translation
  • Screw axis
  • Glide plane
Chapter 6  Space Group
Including:
  • 73 point space groups
  • 230 space groups
  • 17 plane groups
  • Top view diagrams
  • Wyckoff positions
  • International Table of Crystallography
Chapter 7  Atom packing

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Learning Guidance


Lecture 1  Basic of Crystallography

Lecture 2  Point, Lines, and Planes in Crystal

Lecture 3  Crystal Projection

Lecture 4  Point Symmetric Operation

Lecture 5  Group Theory

Lecture 6  Crystal System

Lecture 7  Molecular Point Group
Lecture 8  Crystallographic Point Group

Lecture 9  Bravais Lattice

Lecture 10  Non-Point Symmetric Operation

Lecture 11  Space Group

Lecture 12  Plane Group

Lecture 13  International Tables of Crystallography

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Recitation Class


Mid-term (Chapters 1~3)
Time: 17:15~18:30, Oct 23, 2023
Classroom: 2406, East Campus
Final (Chapters 1~7)
Time: 17:15~18:30, Dec 25, 2023
Classroom: 2406, East Campus

Exam


Mid-term (Chapters 1~3)

Time: 16:00~18:00, Oct 30, 2023
Classroom: 2406, East Campus
Max: 99    Mean: 79.8

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Final (Chapters 1~7)

Time: 14:30~16:30, Jan 10, 2024
Classroom: 2103, East Campus
Max: 98.5    Mean: 77.3

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Yixuan Che
University of Science and Technology of China
Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale
96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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