Regensburg 2010 – scientific programme

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DF: Fachverband Dielektrische Festkörper

DF 1: Functional (oxide) single crystals and epitaxial films - from growth to function

DF 1.2: Tutorial

Sunday, March 21, 2010, 16:45–17:30, H4

Electromechanical properties of crystals — •Eiken Haussühl — Institut für Geowissenschaften / Abt. Kristallographie, Goethe Universität Frankfurt

The knowledge of physical properties of crystals as bulk materials is rather limited in comparison to the huge number of known crystal structures. In this introductory tutorial fundamental aspects of crystal physics will be presented. The lecture is intended to provide the basics for the understanding of the distinctiveness of crystalline compounds and to bring closer the phenomenological aspects under the influence of symmetry. It is also intended to highlight practical considerations for the measurement of selected tensorial properties. The main part will be focused on the mechanical properties of the bulk material like thermal expansion, elasticity and on electrical properties like piezoelectricity. Different effects arising from phase transition of selected organic and inorganic materials like oxides will be discussed.