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Dr Semën Gorfman Department of Physics, University of SIegen
Lecture course on crystallography, 2015
Lecture 5: Symmetry in crystallography
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What is symmetry?
Symmetry is a property of an object to stay unchanged (invariant) after certain type of movement.
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Symmetry operation
Symmetry operation is the movement which keeps the object unchanged
Rotation by 60 degrees Rotation by 90 degrees around the vertical axis
Reflection in the plane through the middle
“Unchanged” means it is not possible to distinguish two objects from any kind of physical experiments
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Types of symmetry operation
According to the type of movement there are different types of symmetry operations
1. Point symmetry: AT LEAST one point is fixed during the movement of the object
2. Space symmetry: no points are fixed during the movement of the object
• Rotation • Reflection • Inversion • Combination of any above
• Translation (lattice translation) • Combination of translation and any kind of point symmetry operations
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Rotational symmetry
Movement: rotation around selected direction by the angle a. The axis of rotation (symmetry element) is referred to n-FOLD SYMMETRY AXIS with n=360 / a. This symmetry is designated as “n”
4 (a = 90 deg) 5 (a =72 deg)
6 (a = 60 deg)
Vertically oriented symmetry axis
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Reflection symmetry
Movement: reflection in the mirror. Each point is replaced by its mirror reflection. The mirror is referred to as MIRROR PLANE and is designated by “m”.
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Inversion symmetry
Movement: inversion relative to the origin (centre of inversion). Each point is replaced by the inverted one.
R1
R2
R3
-R1
-R2
-R3
X Y Z -X -Y -Z
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Designation of the symmetry axes and mirror
n Designation of an axis
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m
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2-fold rotoinversion axis
It is possible to combine some symmetry operations. As an example combination of rotation and inversion gives the symmetry associated with the rotoinversion.
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2-fold rotoinversion axis is equivalent to the mirror plane perpendicular to the axis
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Intermediate step (after rotation)
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Final position (after rotation plus inversion)
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n Designation of an axis
Designation of the rotoinversion axes
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2 m
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3-fold rotoinversion axis,
3-fold rotoinversion axis is equivalent to independent existence of 3 fold axis and inversion
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4-fold rotoinversion axis, 4
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6-fold rotoinversion axis,
6-fold rotoinversion axis is equivalent to independent existence of 3 fold axis and mirror plane
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Further demonstration of symmetry
2 fold axis 3 fold axis
4 fold axis 6 fold axis
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Further demonstration of symmetry
Mirror plane
Centre of inversion
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Further demonstration of symmetry 3 fold rotoinversion axis 4 fold rotoinversion axis
6 fold rotoinversion axis
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Crystal lattice as a symmetry operation
The main feature of the 3D structure of a crystalline solid is lattice periodicity. A crystals DOES NOT HAVE TO have any of the symmetry described above, however it MUST sustain the periodic structure / long range order. The structure of a crystal must be described by the unit cell and crystal lattice. Consider a unit cell and crystal lattice
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CRYSTAL UNIT CELL + CRYSTAL LATTICE
SYMMETRY of CRYSTAL SYMMETRY of UNIT CELL * SYMMETRY of CRYSTAL LATTICE
The are no RESTRICTIONS on the SYMMETRY OF a UNIT CELL. There are however a certain restriction on
the symmetry of the lattice. Therefore holding the long range (3D periodicity) order puts the natural restriction on the possible symmetry of a crystal
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MAIN THEOREM of CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
The only possible ROTATIONAL SYMMETRIES accepted by a crystal lattice are 1,2,3,4 and 6
a -a a
A1
a
A2
We consider the lattice vector, a and suppose there is a symmetry axis of the order n=360/a. The two lattice vectors A1 and A2 are obtained by rotation by the a of a and –a in two opposite directions. If the rotation is the symmetry operation then A1, A2 and A2-A1 are also the lattice vectors. However according to the construction A2-A1 is parallel to a. That means the following condition must be hold:
A2A1 = N*a where N is integer number
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a a
a
a a
a
90-a
A2 A1
According to the construction
A1A2 = 2 a sin (90 – a) = 2 a cos a,
Therefore cos a = N / 2.
As |cos a|<=1 there are a few possibilities only
N cos a a, deg Order of symmetry axis
-2 -1 180 2
-1 -0.5 120 3
0 0 90 4
1 0.5 60 6
2 1 0 ∞
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IMPORTANT MESSAGE
The 3D periodicity crystals puts the RESTRICTION on the POSSIBLE SYMMETRY OPERATION of a whole CRYSTAL STRUCTURE. In particular the maximum order of the rotation axis possible in crystals is 6. In addition 5-fold rotational symmetry is forbidden !
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Depending on the geometry crystal lattice may sustain different symmetry elements.
According to the symmetry of the LATTICES are all CRYSTAL are subdivided into a CRYSTAL SYSTEMS
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