Structure of materials : an introduction to crystallography, diffraction and symmetry.

Materials and material properties - The periodic table of the elements and interatomic bonds - What is a crystal structure? - Crystallographic computations - Lattice planes - Reciprocal space - Additional crystallographic computations - Symmetry in crystallography - Point groups - Plane groups and space groups - X-ray diffraction: geometry - X-ray diffraction: intensities - Other diffraction techniques - About crystal structures and diffraction patterns - Non-crystallographic poin groups - Periodic and aperiodic tilings - Mettalic structures I: simple, derivative and superlattice structures - Metallic structures II: complex geometrically determined structures - Metallic structures III: quasicrystals - Metallic structures IV: amorphous metals - Ceramic structures I: basic structure prototypes - Ceramic structures II: high-temperature superconductors - Ceramic structures III: terrestrial and extraterrestrial minerals - Molecular solids and biological materials.