crystallography, crystal structure is a description of ordered arrangement of atoms, ions, or molecules in a crystalline material. Ordered structures occur from...

In crystallography, the hexagonal crystal family is one of the six crystal families, which includes two crystal systems (hexagonal and trigonal) and two...

Crystal structure prediction (CSP) is the calculation of the crystal structures of solids from first principles. Reliable methods of predicting the crystal...

cubic crystal structure is the diamond cubic structure, which can appear in carbon, silicon, germanium, and tin. Unlike fcc and bcc, this structure is not...

ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions. In addition, macroscopic single crystals are usually identifiable...

science of determining the atomic and molecular structure of a crystal, in which the crystalline structure causes a beam of incident X-rays to diffract in...

meters across.[citation needed] The opposite of a single crystal is an amorphous structure where the atomic position is limited to short-range order...

the same way that the structure of natural crystals gives rise to X-ray diffraction and that the atomic lattices (crystal structure) of semiconductors affect...

distances determined by the unit cell parameters in crystals, exhibit a periodic crystal structure, but this is usually imperfect. Several types of defects...

investigate the structures of crystalline materials. It is important to understand the crystal structure of materials to form structure-property relationships...

In crystallography, the orthorhombic crystal system is one of the 7 crystal systems. Orthorhombic lattices result from stretching a cubic lattice along...

Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD) is a chemical database founded in 1978 by Günter Bergerhoff at the University of Bonn in Germany and I. D...

lattice in two dimensions: the square lattice. Bravais lattices Crystal system Crystal structure Point groups Cubic-to-Tetragonal Transition Webmineral data...

helpful. Since [crystal structure] = [lattice] ∗ {\displaystyle \ast } [basis], F {\displaystyle {\mathcal {F}}} [crystal structure] = F {\displaystyle...

rare-earth elements, form numerous chemical complexes with boron. Their crystal structure and chemical bonding depend strongly on the metal element M and on...

phenomenon where a compound or element can crystallize into more than one crystal structure. The preceding definition has evolved over many years and is still...

sense. Crystal cluster – Group of crystals formed in an open space with form determined by their internal crystal structure Crystal structure – Ordered...

which means "tree"[citation needed], since the crystal's structure resembles that of a tree. These crystals can be synthesised by using a supercooled pure...

macroscopic properties of the crystal (size and shape), although those are a result of the internal crystal structure. The crystal growth is the subsequent...

structure: In type is slightly distorted from a cubic close packed structure α-Pa type is distorted from a hexagonal close packed structure Crystal structure...

of the highest refractive indices at visible wavelengths of any known crystal and also exhibits a particularly large birefringence and high dispersion...

where there is a change in the crystal structure. The third is deformation twinning, in which twinning develops in a crystal in response to a shear stress...

The ambient sand that is incorporated into the crystal structure, or otherwise encrusts the crystals, varies with the local environment. If iron oxides...

enantiomorphous pairs). Both α-quartz and β-quartz are examples of chiral crystal structures composed of achiral building blocks (SiO4 tetrahedra in the present...

specifically designed to store information about the structure of molecules and crystals. Crystals are solids having, in all three dimensions of space...

materials scientists as an analytical tool. A common method of modeling crystal structure and behavior is to view electrons as quantum mechanical particles...

dry lubricant. While all single crystals will show some tendency to split along atomic planes in their crystal structure, if the differences between one...

IV and Ice XII. The accepted crystal structure of ordinary ice was first proposed by Linus Pauling in 1935. The structure of ice Ih is the wurtzite lattice...

Crystal chemistry is the study of the principles of chemistry behind crystals and their use in describing structure-property relations in solids, as well...

A seed crystal is a small piece of single crystal or polycrystal material from which a large crystal of typically the same material is grown in a laboratory...