Structure of Crystals describes the ideal and real atomic
structure of crystals as well as the electronic structures. The
fundamentals of chemical bonding between atoms are given, and the
geometric representations in the theory of crystal structure and crystal
chemistry, as well as the lattice energy, are considered. The important
classes of crystal structures in inorganic compounds as well as the
structures of polymers, liquid crystals, biological crystals, and
macromolecules are treated. This edition is complemented with recent
data on many types of crystal structures - e.g., the structure of
fullerenes, high-temperature superconductors, minerals, and liquid
crystals.