Wadhawan, Vinod

Vinod Wadhawan is a condensed-matter physicist, with special interest in symmetry, crystallography, crystal physics, phase transitions, ferroic materials, crystal growth, smart structures, and complex systems. A crystallographer and teacher, he served for two terms as member of the International Union for Crystallography (IUCr) Commission on Teaching. His earlier three books were on ferroic materials (2000), smart structures (2007), and complexity science (2010). His book on ferroic materials is the first comprehensive book on the subject. He was a recipient of the prestigious Raja Ramanna Fel...