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The SSW form an ideal expansion set as their shape is determined by the crystal structure. Hence only a few are required. This expansion can be formulated in both real and reciprocal space, which should make the method applicable to non periodic systems. When formulated in real space all the matrix multiplications and inversions become 0(N). This makes the method comparably fast for cells large than the localisation length of the SSW. In addition once the expansion is made, Poisson s equation can be solved exactly, and the integrals over the intersitital region can be calculated exactly. 

The presence of the foreign cation stabilizes the crystal structure of a - Mn02 compounds. This manganese dioxide modification (more exactly it is not a real MnOz modification, since the structure contains a considerable proportion of foreign atoms) can be heated to relatively high temperatures (300 - 400 °C) without destruction of the lattice. Although Thackeray et al. reported the synthesis of cation-and water- free a - MnOz [49, 50J, which is reported to be stable up to 300 °C without destruction of the [2 x 2] tunnel structure, it is commonly believed that a small,... 

Crystalline solids are built up of regular arrangements of atoms in three dimensions these arrangements can be represented by a repeat unit or motif called a unit cell. A unit cell is defined as the smallest repeating unit that shows the fuU symmetry of the crystal structure. A perfect crystal may be defined as one in which all the atoms are at rest on their correct lattice positions in the crystal structure. Such a perfect crystal can be obtained, hypothetically, only at absolute zero. At all real temperatures, crystalline solids generally depart from perfect order and contain several types of defects, which are responsible for many important solid-state phenomena, such as diffusion, electrical conduction, electrochemical reactions, and so on. Various schemes have been proposed for the classification of defects. Here the size and shape of the defect are used as a basis for classification. 

To a first order approximation, the scattering potential of a crystal may be represented as a sum of contributions from isolated atoms, having charge distributions of spherical symmetry around their nuclei. In a real crystal the charge distribution deviates from the spherical symmetry around the nucleus and the difference reflects the charge redistribution or bonding in the crystal. The problem of experimental measurement of crystal bonding is therefore a problem of structure factor refinement, i.e. accurate determination of the difference between the true crystal structure factors... 

Abraham, N.L. and Probert, N.J., A periodic genetic algorithm with real space representation for crystal structure and polymorph prediction, Phys. Rev. B., 73, 224106,2006. 

Talc is a hydrated magnesium silicate, Mg6(Si802o)(OH)4. It is a layerd compound like mica. One layer of its crystal structure is shown schematically in Figure 11.3. Such layers are stacked up like playing cards in real crystals. Notice that the top and bottom of the layer consist of slicate tetrahedra with oxygen... 

This topic is dealt with in detail in the chapter by Real et al. In exploring other terminal N,N-chelating ligands in the [(NCX)2(N,N)Fe( -bpym)Fe(N,N) (NCX)2] system we obtained the hitherto unknown 1,10-phen complex [Fe(l,10-phen)(NCS)2]2( -bpym) [54], albeit without a crystal structure, a common phenomenon in this dinuclear series [7]. Magnetic studies (Fig. 1)... 

Algorithm with Real-Space Representation for Crystal Structure and Polymorph Prediction. 

Now let us assume that the black squares in the above example are the atoms in a real crystal structure and we want to locate these atoms by help of a Fourier synthesis. As we have seen in the previous paragraph we then need to know... 

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