SOLID STATE PHYSICS

  1. INTRODUCTION CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
  1. UNIT CELL

SYSTEM & TYPES OF LATTICES

  1. POSITION, DIRECTION & PLANE IN CRYSTALS

SOLID MATERIALS

POLYCRYSTALLINE

AMORPHOUS (NON-CRYSTALLINE)

CRYSTALLINE

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE

STUDY OF MATERIALS IN SOLID FORM

CRYSTAL

LATTICE

BASIS

DEFINING A CRYSTAL

BASIS / MOTIF

STRUCTURE

LATTICE

7 CRYSTAL SYSTEM

SHAPES FILL ALL SPACE ( NO HOLES )

CRYSTAL LATTICE

BRAVAIS LATTICE

NON-BRAVAIS LATTICE

SAME KIND ATOMS

DIFFERENT KIND ATOMS

ALL LATTICE POINTS ARE EQUIVALENT

SOME LATTICE POINTS ARE NON EQUIVALENT

SMALLEST REPEATING UNIT

DEFINED BY LATTICE PARAMETERS

5 BL IN 2D

CENTERED RECTANGULAR

HEXAGONAL

RECTANGULAR

SQUARE

OBLIQUE

14 BL IN 3D

  1. TETRAGONAL
  1. ORTHORHOMBIC
  1. RHOMBOHEDRAL
  1. MONOCLINIC

6.HEXAGOANL

  1. TRICLINIC
  1. CUBIC

3 COMMON UNIT CELLS

SIMPLE CUBIC

BODY CENTERED CUBIC

FACE CENTERED CUBIC

APF = 0.52

COORDINATION NUMBER = 6

NUMBER OF ATOMS = 1

CLOSED PACKED DIRECTION = CUBE EDGES

APF = 0.68

COORDINATION NUMBER = 8

CLOSED PACKED DIRECTION = BODY DIAGONAL

NUMBER OF ATOMS = 2

APF = 0.74

COORDINATION NUMBER = 12

CLOSED PACKED DIRECTION = FACE DIAGONAL

NUMBER OF ATOMS = 4

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PRIMITIVE UNIT CELL & NON PRIMITIVE UNIT CELL

PRIMITIVE UNIT CELL

NON-PRIMITIVE UNIT CEL

WIGNER SEITZ CELL

2D CONSTRUCTION

3D

DRAW LINE ALINE FROM POINT TO NEIGHBOUR LATTICE

DRAW ON EACH LINE A PLANE PERPENDICULAR TO EACH LINE

CHOOSE ONE LATTICE POINT AT THE CENTER

DIVIDE INTO HALF

SMALLEST SHAPE BOUNDARIED BY PLANE & CENTERED BY LATTICE POINTS

LATTICE PARAMETERS

ANGLES BETWEEN SIDES

LENGTH IN NANOMETERS OR ANGSTROM

THEORETICAL DENSITY

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MILLER INDICES

FAMILY OF DIRECTIONS

FOR PLANE

IDENTIFY COORDINATE PLANES

TAKE RECIPROCALS

CLEAR FRACTIONS

IN PARENTHESES

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PLANES EQUIVALENT TO PLANE ( HKL )THROUGH ROTATIONAL SYMMETRY

HCP

MILLER BRAVAIS INDICES

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FOR DIRECTIONS

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LUA YU HUI A19SC0158

  1. SYMMETRY OPERATION

IMPORTANT

SET OF SYMMETRY OPERATION

POINT OPERATION

TRANSLATIONAL OPERATION

COMBINED OPERATION

REFLECTION / MIRROR, σ

INVERSION , i

IDENTITY, E

ELEMENTS OF SYMMETRY

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY

LAW OF RATIONAL INDICES

LAW OF CONSTANCY OF SYMMETRY

AXES

CENTRE

PLANE

9

13

1

IN CUBIC CRYSTALS

DIAGONAL PLANE

RECTANGULAR PLANE

3

6

CENTER OF SYMMETRY

1

ROTATION, Cn

NON - STANDARD ROTATION Sn

n - FOLD SYMMETRY

AXIS OF ROTATION

2 - FOLD

3 - FOLD

4 - FOLD

6 - FOLD

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