Structure and Bonding in Crystalline Materials

Gregory S. Rohrer is a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Prof. Rohrer was born in Lancaster, PA, in 1962. He received his bachelor's degree in Physics from Franklin and Marshall College in 1984 and his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1989. At CMU, Prof. Rohrer is the director of the NSF sponsored Materials Research Science and Engineering Center. His research is directed toward understanding how the properties of surfaces and internal interfaces are influenced by their geometric and crystallographic structure, their stoichiometry, and their defect structure. Prof. Rohrer is an associate Editor for the Journal of the American Ceramic Society and his research earned a National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award in 1994.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Basic structural concepts; 3. Symmetry in crystal structures; 4. Crystal structures; 5. Diffraction; 6. Secondary bonding; 7. Ionic bonding; 8. Metallic bonding; 9. Covalent bonding; 10. Models for predicting phase stability and structure; Appendices.

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