Symmetry Representations of Molecular Vibrations

This book provides a comprehensive theoretical basis for understanding symmetry representations, matrix representations, and group theory in molecular vibrations,crystallography, and point groups. It aims to help graduate students and researchers derive normal modes of vibration and compare them with experimental techniques. It also presents group multiplication tables of all 32 point groups in international and Schoenflies notations.

Format: Hardback
Length: 289 pages
Publication date: 21 September 2022
Publisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore

This comprehensive book offers a thorough theoretical foundation for understanding symmetry representations of molecular vibrations, matrix representations of symmetries, and the group theory elements that are relevant to other symmetry elements/operations, crystallographic and molecular point groups. By providing a clear understanding of reducible and irreducible representations of symmetry matrices, the book empowers readers to independently derive the normal modes of vibration for various molecules through suitable techniques. With a focus on graduate students and researchers, this book goes beyond simply deriving the normal modes and compares and verifies them with experimentally observed modes using IR and Raman-related techniques. Notably, for the first time in the history of crystallography, this book presents comprehensive group multiplication tables for all 32 point groups in both international and Schoenflies notations. This invaluable resource will greatly assist scholars and practitioners in the field of symmetry and molecular vibrations.

Weight: 623g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789811928017
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022