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Original articles

  1. Nespolo, Massimo; Diallo, Mahamadou (2025). Structural rationale for twinning in galena, and a possible relation with the lillianite homologous series. American Mineralogist, 110, in press.
  2. Nespolo, Massimo (2024). Duality of spaces and the origin of integral reflection conditions. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 57, 1733-1746 pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  3. Pignatelli, Isabella; Nespolo, Massimo; Pardieu, Vincent; Giuliani, Gaston; Morlot, Christophe (2024). Basal twinning of Greenland corundum. Mineralogy and Petrology, 118, 105-118.
  4. Nespolo, Massimo; Stoeger, Berthold (2024). Groupoid analysis of pyroxenes. Crystal Research and Technology, 58,59, 2300244.
  5. Nespolo, Massimo (2023). Molecular and structural chirality. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 56, 44-47 pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  6. Moëlo Yves, Nespolo, Massimo, Farges, François (2023). Pyrite contact twins. Acta Crystallographica B79, 32-45.pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  7. Umayahara, Akihiro; Souvignier, Bernd; Nespolo, Massimo (2022). Diffraction Enhancement of Symmetry and Modular Structures. Acta Crystallographica A78, 319-326. pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  8. Syamala, Vishnu Vijayakumar; Aubert, Emmanuel; Deutsch, Maxime; Wenger, Emmanuel; Dhaka, Arun; Fourmigué, Marc; Nespolo, Massimo; Espinosa, Enrique (2022). N-iodosaccharin-pyridine co-crystal system under pressure: experimental evidence of reversible twinning. Acta Crystallographica B78, 436-449. pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  9. Kitahara, Ginga, Yoshiasa, Akira; Tokuda, Makoto; Nespolo, Massimo; Hongu, Hidetomo; Momma, Koichi; Miyawaki, Ritsuro; Sugiyama, Kazumasa (2022). Crystal structure, XANES and Charge Distribution investigation of krennerite and sylvanite: analysis of Au-Te and Te-Te bonds in Au1-xAgxTe2 group minerals. Acta Crystallographica B78, 117-132 pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  10. Nespolo, Massimo; Benahsene, Amani Hind (2021). Symmetry and chirality in crystals. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 54, 1594-1599 pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  11. Nespolo, Massimo; Smaha, Rebecca W.; Parkin, Sean (2020). Zero-obliquity TLQS three-fold twinning in 1-{(R)-1-[(3-Oxo-2-isoindolinoyl)methyl]-2-propenyl}-5-methyl-2,3-indolinedione. Acta Crystallographica B76, 643-649 pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  12. Nespolo, Massimo; Souvignier, Bernd; Stoeger, Berthold. (2020). Groupoid analysis of modular structures. Acta Crystallographica A76, 334-344 pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  13. Nespolo, Massimo; Tokuda, Makoto; Yoshiasa, Akira (2020). The tricks of the chameleon. Unexpected Symmetry of the Diffraction Pattern. Crystal Research and Technology, 55, 1900063
  14. Umayahara, Akihiro; Nespolo, Massimo (2020). The Japanese pioneering contribution to investigation of modular structures. Crystal Research and Technology, 55, 1900045
  15. Nespolo, Massimo; Moëlo, Yves (2019). Structural interpretation of a new twin in staurolite from Coray, Brittany, France. European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 785-790.
  16. Nespolo, Massimo (2019). The chromatic symmetry of twins and allotwins. Acta Crystallographica A75, 551-573 pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  17. Hongu, Hidetomo; Yoshiasa, Akira; Nespolo, Massimo; Tobase, Tsubasa; Tokuda, Makoto; Sugiyama, Kazumasa (2019). Crystal structure and XANES investigation of petzite, Ag3AuTe2. Acta Crystallographica B75, 273-278 pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  18. Nespolo, Massimo (2019). Lattice vs. structure, dimensionality vs. periodicity: a crystallographic Babel? Journal of Applied Crystallography, 52, 451-456 pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  19. Nespolo, Massimo (2018). The correct symmetry of the sixfold twin in β-Ca11B2Si4O22. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 233, 845-848.
  20. Nespolo, Massimo (2018). Twinning in chalcostibite revisited. European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 967-973.
  21. Nespolo, Massimo; Aroyo, Mois I.; Souvignier, Bernd (2018). Crystallographic shelves: space group hierarchy explained. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 51, 1481-1491 pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  22. Nespolo, Massimo; Umayahara, Akihiro; Eon, Jean-Guillaume (2018). A groupoid and graph-theoretical analysis of the biopyribole-palysepiole series. European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 413-428.
  23. Nespolo, Massimo (2018). The rise and fall of Weber indices. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 51, 1221-1225. pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  24. Nespolo, Massimo (2018). Plesiotwins vs. diperiodic twins. Acta Crystallographica, A74, 332-344. pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  25. Umayahara, Akihiro; Nespolo, Massimo (2018). Derivative structures based on the sphere packing. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 233, 179-203.
  26. Nespolo, Massimo; Souvignier, Bernd (2017). Structural analysis of twins in feldspars. I. Carlsbad twinning. European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 939-947.
  27. Estevez-Rams, Ernesto; Lora Serrano, Raimundo; Penton Madrigal, Arbelio; Nespolo, Massimo (2017). Extrinsic faulting in 3C close packed crystal structures: Computational mechanics analysis. Acta Crystallographica, A73, 449-459. pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  28. Nespolo, Massimo (2017). Direction indices for crystal lattices. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 50, 1541-1544 pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  29. Nespolo, Massimo; Bouznari, Kenza (2017). Modularity of crystal structures: a unifying model for the biopyribole-palysepiole series. European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 369-383.
  30. Azevedo, Samantha; Nespolo, Massimo (2017). Twinning in olivine group revisited. European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 213-226.
  31. Nespolo, Massimo (2017). A practical approach on symmorphism. Crystal Research and Technology 52, 1600129.
  32. Nespolo, Massimo (2016). Unravelling the diffraction pattern of a twin. I. Fundamentals. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 231 553-560.
  33. Nespolo, Massimo; Aroyo, Mois I. (2016). The crystallographic chameleon: when space groups change skin. Acta Crystallographica, A72, 523-538. pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  34. Nespolo, Massimo; Aroyo, Mois I. (2016). The modular structure of pyroxenes. European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 189-203.
  35. Nespolo, Massimo; Guillot, Benoît (2016). CHARDI2015: Charge Distribution analysis of non-molecular structures. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 49 317-321 pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  36. Nespolo, Massimo (2016). Charge distribution as a tool to investigate structural details. IV. A new route to heteroligand polyhedra Acta Crystallographica, B72 51-66. pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  37. Nespolo, Massimo (2015). The same once again please: a pedagogical introduction to normalisers. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 48, 1985-1997. pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  38. Nespolo, Massimo; Souvignier, Bernd (2015). Structural rationale for the occurrence of the elbow twins in cassiterite and rutile. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences 110, 157-165 pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  39. Nespolo, Massimo (2015). The ash heap of crystallography: restoring forgotten basic knowledge. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 48, 1290-1298 (corrigendum: Journal of Applied Crystallography, 50, 2017, 978-979). pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  40. Nespolo, Massimo; Souvignier, Bernd (2015). Application of the crystallographic orbit analysis to the study of twinned crystals. The example of marcasite. Crystal Research and Technology 50, 442-450.
  41. Nespolo, Massimo (2015). A note on the notion of chirality. Crystal Research and Technology 50, 413.
  42. Nespolo, Massimo (2015). Tips and traps on crystal twinning: how to fully describe your twin. Crystal Research and Technology 50, 362-371.
  43. Marzouki, Mohamed Amine; Souvignier, Bernd; Nespolo, Massimo (2015). Twinning of aragonite – the crystallographic orbit and sectional layer group approach. Acta Crystallographica A71, 195-202. pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  44. Eon, Jean-Guillame; Nespolo, Massimo (2015). Charge distribution as a tool to investigate structural details. III. Extension to description in term of anion-centred polyhedra. Acta Crystallographica B71, 34-47. pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  45. Marzouki, Mohamed Amine; Souvignier, Bernd; Nespolo, Massimo (2014). The staurolite enigma solved. Acta Crystallographica A70 348-353. pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  46. Nespolo, Massimo; Ferraris, Giovanni; Souvignier, Bernd (2014) Effects of merohedric twinning on the diffraction pattern. Acta Crystallographica A70 106-125 - Erratum and corrigenda. Acta Crystallographica A70 683-684. pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  47. Marzouki, Mohamed Amine; Souvignier, Bernd; Nespolo, Massimo (2014). Analysis of the structural continuity in twinned crystals in terms of pseudo-eigensymmetry of crystallographic orbits. IUCrJ, 1 39-48 - Open access. pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  48. Nespolo, Massimo; Iordache, Cristian (2013). Twiny: from morphology to twin element and vice versa. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 46, 801-803. pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  49. Nespolo, Massimo; Ozawa, Tohru; Kawasaki, Yusuke; Sugiyama, Kazumasa (2012). Structural relations and pseudosymmetries in the andorite homologous series. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 107, 226-243. pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  50. Suescun, Leopoldo; Nespolo, Massimo (2012). From patterns to space groups and the eigensymmetry of crystallographic orbits: a reinterpretation of some symmetry diagrams in IUCr Teaching Pamphlet No. 14. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 45, 834-837. pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  51. Pignatelli, Isabella; Nespolo, Massimo; Ferraris, Giovanni (2011) A survey of hybrid twins in silicate minerals. European Journal of Mineralogy, 23, 779-794.
  52. Pignatelli, Isabella; Nespolo, Massimo (2011). 5M3 ferriphlogopite from the Ruiz Peak (New Mexico, USA): first occurrence of a mica polytype with coexistence of M1- and M2-layers. European Journal of Mineralogy, 23, 703-715.
  53. Pignatelli, Isabella; Dusek, Michal; De Titta, George; Nespolo, Massimo (2011). Structural modelling, refinement and possible formation mechanism of a 4M3 non-MDO ferriphlogopite (Ruiz Peak volcano). European Journal of Mineralogy 23, 73-84.
  54. Nespolo, Massimo, Souvignier, Bernd (2010) The Bravais polar lattice as a didactic tool for diffraction beginners. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 43 1144-1149. pdf icon Electronic reprint. Invited article for the Education Special Issue
  55. Cheilletz, Alain; Gasquet, Dominique; Filali, Fouad; Archibald, Douglas A.; Nespolo Massimo (2010). The Late Triassic El Hammam fluorite-REE deposit (Morocco) in the CAMP (Central Atlantic Magmatic Province) perspective. Mineralium Deposita, 45 323-329.
  56. Nespolo, Massimo; Ferraris, Giovanni (2009) A survey of hybrid twins in non-silicate minerals. European Journal of Mineralogy 21 673-690.
  57. Nespolo, Massimo, Souvignier, Bernd (2009) Point groups in crystallography. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 224 127-136. pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  58. Nespolo, Massimo (2008) Does mathematical crystallography still have a role in the XXI century? Acta Crystallographica A64 96-111. pdf icon Electronic reprint. Invited article on occasion of the 60th anniversary of the International Union of Crystallography (also appeared in: Crystallography Across the Sciences 2).
  59. Nespolo, Massimo; Ferraris, Giovanni (2007) Overlooked problems in manifold twins: twin misfit in zero-obliquity TLQS twinning and twin index calculation. Acta Crystallographica A63, 278-286. pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  60. Nespolo, Massimo; Ferraris, Giovanni (2006). The derivation of twin laws in non-merohedric twins - Application to the analysis of hybrid twins. Acta Crystallographica A62, 336-349. pdf icon Electronic reprint
  61. Guesmi, Abderrahmen; Nespolo, Massimo; Driss, Ahmed (2006). Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Charge Distribution of Na7As11O31: an oxygen-deficient layered sodium arsenate. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 179, 2433-2438.
  62. Nespolo, Massimo; Ferraris, Giovanni (2005). Hybrid twinning - A cooperative type of oriented crystal association. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 220, 317-323. pdf icon Electronic reprint
  63. Nespolo, Massimo, Ferraris, Giovanni, Ďurovič Slavomil, Takéuchi, Yoshio. (2004). Twins vs. modular crystal structures. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 219, 773-778. pdf icon  Electronic reprint
  64. Nespolo, Massimo, Ferraris, Giovanni (2004). The oriented attachment mechanism in the formation of twins - a survey. European Journal of Mineralogy, 16, 401-406.
  65. Nespolo, Massimo (2004). Twin point groups and the polychromatic symmetry of twins. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 219, 57-71. pdf icon Electronic reprint
  66. Nespolo, Massimo, Ferraris, Giovanni (2004). Applied geminography - Symmetry analysis of twinned crystals and definition of twinning by reticular polyholohedry. Acta Crystallographica, A60, 89-95. pdf icon Electronic reprint
  67. Nespolo, Massimo; Ferraris, Giovanni (2003). Geminography - The science of twinning applied to the early-stage derivation of non-merohedric twin laws. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 218, 178-181. pdf icon Electronic reprint
  68. Nespolo, Massimo; Watanabe, Akiteru; Suetsugu, Yasushi (2002). Re-Investigation of the Structure of 7Bi2O3·2WO3 by Single-Crystal X-ray Diffraction. Crystal Research and Technology, 37, 414-422.
  69. Nespolo, Massimo (2001). Perturbative theory of mica polytypism. Role of the M2 layer in the formation of inhomogeneous polytypes. Clays and Clay Minerals, 49, 1-23 pdf icon PDF file from the CMS website.
  70. Kogure, Toshihiro; Nespolo, Massimo (2001). Atomic structures of planar defects in oxybiotite. American Mineralogist, 86, 336-340. pdf icon PDF from the AMS website
  71. Nespolo, Massimo; Ferraris, Giovanni; Hoppe, Rudolf (2001). Charge Distribution analysis of ceramic materials. Journal of Ceramic Processing Research, 2, 38-44.
  72. Ferraris, Giovanni; Gula, Angela; Ivaldi, Gabriella; Nespolo, Massimo; Raade, Gunnar (2001). Crystal structure of kristiansenite: a case of class IIB twinning by metric merohedry. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 216, 442-448.
  73. Nespolo, Massimo; Ferraris, Giovanni; Ivaldi, Gabriella; Hoppe, Rudolf (2001). Charge Distribution as a tool to investigate structural details. II. Extension to hydrogen bonds, distorted and hetero-ligand polyhedra. Acta Crystallographica B57, 652-664. pdf icon  Electronic reprint
  74. Ferraris, Giovanni; Gula, Angela: Ivaldi, Gabriella; Nespolo, Massimo; Sokolova, Elena; Khomyakov, Alexander P.; Uvarova, Yulia (2001). First structural determination of a truly-polytypic mica-2O coexisting with an isochemical 1M polytype - Effects of stacking disorder. European Journal of Mineralogy, 13, 1013-1023.
  75. Nespolo, Massimo; Ferraris, Giovanni (2001). Effects of the stacking faults on the calculated electron density of mica polytypes - The Ďurovič effect. European Journal of Mineralogy, 13, 1035-1045.
  76. Nespolo, Massimo; Kuwahara, Yoshihiro (2001). Apparent polytypism in the Ruiz Peak ferric phlogopite. European Journal of Mineralogy, 13, 1047-1056.
  77. Nespolo, Massimo; Nakamura, Masaki; Ohashi, Haruo (2000). Reinvestigation of the LuFeO3(ZnO)m homologous series: insights from the Charge Distribution analysis on the effect of the coordination polyhedra shape onto the cation distribution. Journal of Solid State Chemistry 150, 96-103.
  78. Nespolo, Massimo; Sato, Akira; Osawa, T.; Ohashi, Haruo (2000). Synthesis, crystal structure and Charge Distribution of InGaZnO4. Xray diffraction study of 20kb single crystal and 50kb twin by reticular merohedry. Crystal Research and Technology 35, 151-165.
  79. Nespolo, Massimo; Ferraris, Giovanni; Takeda, Hiroshi (2000). Twins and allotwins of basic mica polytypes: theoretical derivation and identification in the reciprocal space. Acta Crystallographica A56, 132-148. pdf icon  Electronic reprint
  80. Nespolo, Massimo; Ferraris, Giovanni (2000). Twinning by syngonic and metric merohedry. Analysis, classification and effects on the diffraction pattern. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 215, 77-81.
  81. Nespolo, Massimo; Ferraris, Giovanni; Takeda, Hiroshi (2000). Identification of two allotwins of mica polytypes in reciprocal space through the minimal rhombus unit. Acta Crystallographica B56, 639-647. pdf icon  Electronic reprint
  82. Nespolo, Massimo; Isobe, Mitsumasa; Iida, Junji; Kimizuka, Noboru (2000). Crystal Structure and Charge Distribution of YbFeMnO4. Acta Crystallographica B56, 805-810. pdf icon  Electronic reprint
  83. Nespolo, Massimo; Isobe, Mitsumasa; Iida, Junji; Kimizuka, Noboru (2000). Crystal Structure and Charge Distribution of ErFeMnO4. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 313, 59-64.
  84. Nespolo, Massimo; Kogure, Toshihiro; Ferraris, Giovanni (1999). Allotwinning: oriented crystal association of polytypes - Some warnings on consequences. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 214, 5-8
  85. Nespolo, Massimo; Takeda, Hiroshi; Kogure, Toshihiro; Ferraris, Giovanni (1999). Periodic Intensity Distribution (PID) of mica polytypes: symbolism, structural model orientation and axial settings. Acta Crystallographica A55, 659-676.
  86. Nespolo, Massimo (1999). Analysis of family reflections of OD mica polytypes, and its application to twin identification. Mineralogical Journal 21, 53-85. THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN RESEARCH PAPER AWARD OF THE YEAR 2000 pdf icon  PDF file from the J-Stage website.
  87. Nespolo, Massimo; Ferraris, Giovanni; Takeda, Hiroshi; Takeuchi, Yoshio. (1999). Plesiotwinning: oriented crystal associations based on a large coincidence-site lattice. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 214, 378-382
  88. Nespolo, Massimo; Ferraris, Giovanni; Ďurovič, Slavomil (1999). OD character and twinning - Selective merohedry in class II merohedric twins of OD polytypes. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 214, 776-779.
  89. Nespolo, Massimo; Takeda, Hiroshi (1999). Inhomogeneous mica polytypes: 8-layer polytype of the 2M1 structural series determined by the Periodic Intensity Distribution (PID) analysis of the X-ray diffraction pattern. Mineralogical Journal, 21, 103-118. pdf icon PDF file from the J-Stage website.
  90. Kogure Toshihiro; Nespolo, Massimo (1999). A TEM study of long-period mica polytypes: determination of the stacking sequence of oxybiotite by means of atomic-resolution images and Periodic Intensity Distribution (PID). Acta Crystallographica B55, 507-516.
  91. Nespolo, Massimo; Ferraris, Giovanni; Ohashi, Haruo (1999). Charge Distribution as a tool to investigate structural details: meaning and application to pyroxenes. Acta Crystallographica B55, 902-916.
  92. Kogure, Toshihiro; Nespolo, Massimo ; (1999). First occurrence of a stacking sequence including (60º, 180º) rotations in Mg-rich annite. Clays and Clay Minerals, 47, 784-792. pdf icon PDF file from the CMS website.
  93. Nespolo, Massimo; Kogure, Toshihiro (1998). On the Indexing of 3T Mica Polytype. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 213, 4-12.
  94. Nespolo, Massimo; Takeda, Hiroshi; Ferraris, Giovanni (1998). Representation of the axial settings of mica polytypes. Acta Crystallographica, A54, 348-356.
  95. Nespolo, Massimo; Takeda, Hiroshi; Ferraris, Giovanni; Kogure, Toshihiro (1997). Composite Twins of 1M Mica: Derivation and Identification. Mineralogical Journal, 19, 173-186 pdf icon  PDF file from the J-Stage website.

Review articles

  1. Nespolo, Massimo; Souvignier, Bernd (2024). Twinned crystals and how to describe them. Crystallography Reviews, 30, 135-181.
  2. Nespolo, Massimo (2023). From Bond Strength to Charge Distribution: modern developments of the empirical analysis of crystal structures. Physical Sciences Reviews, 8, 983-1006. To appear also in Single Crystals. Complexity, Structures, Properties. Edited by V.A. Blatov and T. Leisegang. De Gruyter.
  3. Nespolo, Massimo (2021). Mathematical Crystallography and Chirality. Suurikagaku (Mathematical Sciences, in Japanese), 59 (3), 24-31.
  4. Bindi, Luca; Nespolo, Massimo; Krivovichev, Sergey; Chapuis, Gervais; Biagioni, Cristian (2020). Producing highly complicated materials. Nature does it better. Reports on Progress in Physics, 83, 106501.
  5. Nespolo, Massimo (2019). A brief introduction to the Bilbao Crystallographic Server. Journal of the Crystallographic Society of Japan (in Japanese). 61, 82-94pdf icon PDF file from the J-Stage website.
  6. Nespolo, Massimo (2018). Structure relations and construction of structural models. Journal of the Crystallographic Society of Japan (in Japanese). 60, 80-87. pdf icon PDF file from the J-Stage website.
  7. Nespolo, Massimo (2017). Subgroups of point and space groups. Journal of the Crystallographic Society of Japan (in Japanese). 59, 210-222. pdf icon PDF file from the J-Stage website.
  8. Nespolo, Massimo (2017). Miller indices, Laue indices and the reflection conditions. Journal of the Crystallographic Society of Japan (in Japanese). 59, 150-158. pdf icon PDF file from the J-Stage website.
  9. Nespolo, Massimo (2017). Hierarchy and classification of space groups. Journal of the Crystallographic Society of Japan (in Japanese). 59, 51-63. pdf icon PDF file from the J-Stage website.
  10. Nespolo, Massimo (2016). Deciphering Hermann-Mauguin Symbols. Journal of the Crystallographic Society of Japan (in Japanese). 58, 251-260 pdf icon PDF file from the J-Stage website.
  11. Grimmer Hans; Nespolo, Massimo (2006). Geminography - the crystallography of twins. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 221, 28-50. pdf icon Electronic reprint
  12. Nespolo, Massimo (2001). Application of the imaging plate methodology to the solution of commensurate modulated structures: identification of long-period mica polytypes by X-ray diffraction. The Rigaku Journal, 18, 22-30.  pdf icon Electronic reprint
  13. Nespolo, Massimo (1999). Derivation and identification of composite mica twins: Extension of The Minimal Rhombus Approach. Journal of the Teikyo Heisei University 11, 1-16

Book chapters

  1. Nespolo, Massimo (2021). Pyroxenes. In Encyclopedia of Geology, second edition, edited by Scott Elias and David Alderton. Elsevier, volume 1, pp. 287-296.
  2. Nespolo, Massimo; Ďurovič, Slavomil (2002). Crystallographic basis of polytypism and twinning in micas. In  Mottana, A., Sassi, F.P., Thompson, J.B.Jr., Guggenheim, S. (Ed.): Micas: Crystal Chemistry & Metamorphic Petrology. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry / Mineralogical Society of America & The Geochemical Society, 46, 155-279
  3. Nespolo, Massimo; Takeda, Hiroshi; Ferraris, Giovanni (1997). Crystallography of Mica Polytypes. in Merlino, S. (Ed.): Modular Aspects of Minerals / Emu Notes in Mineralogy, vol. 1. Budapest: Eötvös University Press, 81-118.

Book reviews

  1. Nespolo, Massimo (2022). "Framboids". By David Rickard. Acta Crystallographica, B78, 710-711.pdf icon Electronic reprint
  2. Nespolo, Massimo (2022). "Numerical Problems in Crystallography". By M.A. Wahab. Acta Crystallographica, A78 59-62. pdf icon Electronic reprint
  3. Nespolo, Massimo (2021). "International Tables for Crystallography. Crystallographic symmetry. Teaching Edition". Edited by Mois I. Aroyo. Acta Crystallographica, A77 506-508. pdf icon Electronic reprint
  4. Nespolo, Massimo (2021). "Introduction to crystallography". By Frank Hoffmann. Acta Crystallographica, A77 235-238 pdf icon Electronic reprint
  5. Nespolo, Massimo (2020). "Crystal Structures. Patterns and Symmetry". By Michael O'Keeffe and Bruce G. Hyde. Acta Crystallographica, B76 719-721 pdf icon Electronic reprint
  6. Nespolo, Massimo (2020). "Sets, Groups, and Mappings. An Introduction to Abstract Mathematics". By Andrew D. Hwang. Acta Crystallographica, A76 549-551 pdf icon Electronic reprint
  7. Nespolo, Massimo (2020). "Molecular Symmetry and Group Theory. Approaches in Spectroscopy and Chemical Reactions". By R.C. Maurya and J.M. Mir. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 53 310-311 pdf icon Electronic reprint
  8. Nespolo, Massimo (2019). "Fat Chance! Probability from 0 to 1". By Benedict Gross, Joe Harris and Emily Riehl. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 52 1467-1468 pdf icon Electronic reprint
  9. Nespolo, Massimo (2019). "A Guide to the Elements. Fourth Edition". By Albert Stwertka. Acta Crystallographica, C75, 85-89 pdf icon Electronic reprint
  10. Nespolo, Massimo (2018). "Mineralogical Crystallography". EMU Notes in Mineralogy Vol. 19. European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 655-656 pdf icon Electronic reprint
  11. Nespolo, Massimo (2018). "Geometry of Crystals, Polycrystals, and Phase Transformations". By Harshad K.D.H. Bhadeshia. Acta Crystallographica, A74, 153-155 pdf icon Electronic reprint
  12. Nespolo, Massimo (2017). "Iron Metabolism. From Molecular Mechanisms to Clinical Consequences. Fourth Edition". By Robert Crichton. Acta Crystallographica, D73, 952-954. pdf icon Electronic reprint
  13. Nespolo, Massimo (2017). "Prime Numbers and the Riemann Hypothesis". By Barry Mazur and William Stein. Acta Crystallographica, A73, 485-486 pdf icon Electronic reprint
  14. Nespolo, Massimo (2017). "International Tables for Crystallography, Volume A, sixth edition". Edited by Mois I. Aroyo. Acta Crystallographica, A73, 274-276. pdf icon Electronic reprint
  15. Nespolo, Massimo (2017). "Metallomics. A Primer of Integrated Biometal Sciences". By Wolfgang Maret. Acta Crystallographica, D73, 386-387. pdf icon Electronic reprint
  16. Nespolo, Massimo (2017). "Free Radicals in Biology and Medicine. Fifth Edition". By Barry Halliwell and John M. C. Gutteridge. Acta Crystallographica, D73, 384-385. pdf icon Electronic reprint
  17. Nespolo, Massimo (2017). "Basic elements of crystallography. 2nd edition". By Nevill Gonzalez Szwacki and Teresa Szwacka. Acta Crystallographica, A73, 81-82. pdf icon Electronic reprint
  18. Nespolo, Massimo (2016). "Pyrite. A Natural History of Fool's Gold". By David Rickard. Acta Crystallographica, B72, 285-287. pdf icon Electronic reprint
  19. Nespolo, Massimo (2016). "Crystallography and Mineralogy". By Kiyoshi Fujino. Acta Crystallographica, B72, 164-166 pdf icon Electronic reprint
  20. Nespolo, Massimo (2016). "X-Ray Crystallography". By Gregory S. Girolami. Acta Crystallographica, A72, 168-170 pdf icon Electronic reprint
  21. Nespolo, Massimo (2015). "Symmetry of crystals and molecules". By M. Ladd. Acta Crystallographica, A71, 250-252 pdf icon Electronic reprint
  22. Nespolo, Massimo (2014). "Essentials of Crystallography". By M.A. Wahab. Acta Crystallographica, A70, 199-202 pdf icon Electronic reprint
  23. Nespolo, Massimo (2013). "Symmetry Relationships between Crystal Structures". By U. Müller. Acta Crystallographica, B69, 542-526. pdf icon Electronic reprint
  24. Nespolo, Massimo (2013). "Crystallography. An Introduction". By W. Borchardt-Ott. Acta Crystallographica, A69, 457-458. pdf icon Electronic reprint
  25. Nespolo, Massimo (2012). "Fundamentals of X-ray crystallography". By D. Liang. Acta Crystallographica, A68, 781-784. pdf icon Electronic reprint
  26. Nespolo, Massimo (2012). "Crystallographic Symmetry. Understanding the International Tables". By P. Radaelli. Crystallography Reviews, 18, 245-247. - full online version.
  27. Nespolo, Massimo (2012). "Basic elements of crystallography". By Nevill Gonzalez Szwacki and Teresa Szwacka. Acta Crystallographica, A68, 430-432. pdf icon Electronic reprint
  28. Nespolo, Massimo (2011). "Fundamentals of Crystallography". By Carmelo Giacovazzo (Ed.) - Acta Crystallographica, A67, 561-563. pdf icon Electronic reprint
  29. Nespolo, Massimo (2010). "Crystallography of quasicrystals". By Walter Steurer and Sofia Delouli - Acta Crystallographica, A66, 629-630. pdf icon Electronic reprint
  30. Nespolo, Massimo (2009). "Crystallography and the World of Symmetry". By Sanat K. Chatterjee - Acta Crystallographica, A65, 164-166. pdf icon Electronic reprint
  31. Nespolo, Massimo (2003). "The Symmetry System" by Mirjan Žorž Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 218, 388. pdf icon Electronic reprint

Scientific commentaries

  1. Nespolo, Massimo (2021). Comment on the article "The Cambridge Structural Database in chemical education: analysis of hydrogen-bonded networks in salts of hexaaqua metal ions with organic counter-ions". Journal of Applied Crystallography, 54, 707 pdf icon Electronic reprint
  2. Nespolo, Massimo (2020). Not so elementary, my dear Wyckoff. IUCr newsletter, 28, (1), 14
  3. Nespolo, Massimo (2019). Crystallographic flatland. IUCr newsletter, 27, (4) 6
  4. Nespolo, Massimo (2019). The super-sub schizophrenia. IUCr newsletter, 27, (3) 9
  5. Nespolo, Massimo (2019). The lattice sickness pandemic. IUCr newsletter, 27, (2), 7
  6. Nespolo, Massimo (2018). Comment on the article "Protein crystal lattices are dynamic assemblies: the role of conformational entropy in the protein condensed phase". IUCrJ 5, 519 pdf icon Electronic reprint
  7. Nespolo, Massimo (2018). Comment on "An experimental study of symmetry lowering of analcime" by N. Sugano & A. Kyono. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 45, 391-393 (Online access from Springer Link).
  8. Nespolo, Massimo (2017). Comments on the article "Comparison of calculations for interplanar distances in a crystal lattice" by Ying Liu, Yue Liu & Michael G. B. Drew. Crystallography Reviews 23, 302-303 - full online version.
  9. Nespolo, Massimo (2017). About the definition of chirality. Journal of the Crystallographic Society of Japan (in Japanese). 59, 39. pdf icon PDF file from the J-Stage website.
  10. Nespolo, Massimo (2009). Comments on the article "'Macromolecular crystal twinning, lattice disorders and multiple crystals" by John R Helliwell. Crystallography Reviews 15, 261-263 - full online version.
  11. Nespolo, Massimo, Souvignier, Bernd, Litvin, Daniel B. (2008). About the concept and definition of "noncrystallographic symmetry". Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 223, 605-606. pdf icon Electronic reprint.
  12. Nespolo, Massimo (2005). "Une transition de phase « geographique ». L'etrange cas du quartz". Bulletin de liaison de la Société Française de Minéralogie et Cristallographie. 17(2) 37-40.

Prefaces and Discussions

  1. Nespolo, Massimo (2021). Equality, equity, diversity, parity and discrimination. IUCr newsletter, 29, (4), 4
  2. Nespolo, Massimo (2020). "The Everlasting Challenges of Mathematical and Theoretical Crystallography". Crystal Research and Technology, 55, 2000057.
  3. Nespolo, Massimo (2019). Open Access Open for Business. IUCr newsletter, 27, (1), 11
  4. Nespolo, Massimo; Pasero, Marco (2018). "Minerals and materials: building principles and applications. A special issue in honour of Giovanni Ferraris and Stefano Merlino". European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 411-412 pdf icon Electronic reprint
  5. Nespolo, Massimo, Aroyo, Mois I. (2015). On the shoulder of giants. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 230, 689-690.
  6. Nespolo, Massimo, McColm, Gregory (2014). The wingspan of mathematical crystallography. Acta Crystallographica A70, 317-318.
  7. Nespolo, Massimo (2006). International School on Mathematical and Theoretical Crystallography. Acta Crystallographica A62, preface.
  8. Grimmer, H., Nespolo, Massimo (2006). Mathematical and Theoretical Crystallography. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 221, III-IV.
  9. Nespolo, Massimo, Ferraris, Giovanni (2003). Basic crystallography in the PC era. IUCr Newsletter, 10(3), 2.


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