Point group generators

C indicates the point group generated by an n-fold rotation. 

A C point group contains a C axis of symmetry and n a planes of symmetry, all of which contain the C axis. It also contains other elements which may be generated from these. 

The point group contains four C3 axes, three C2 axes and six planes. It also contains elements generated from these. 

Molecules belonging to the 4 point group are very highly symmetrical, having 15 C2 axes, 10 C3 axes, 6 C5 axes, 15 n planes, 10 axes, 6 5io axes and a centre of inversion i. In addition to these symmetry elements are other elements which can be generated from them. 

The classifications could have been made by using any two of C2, generating elements, and the character under / is always 1 in this point group. 

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For the nanotubes, then, the appropriate symmetries for an allowed band crossing are only present for the serpentine ([ , ]) and the sawtooth ([ ,0]) conformations, which will both have C point group symmetries that will allow band crossings, and with rotation groups generated by the operations equivalent by conformal mapping to the lattice translations Rj -t- R2 and Ri, respectively. However, examination of the graphene model shows that only the serpentine nanotubes will have states of the correct symmetry (i.e., different parities under the reflection operation) at the K point where the bands can cross. Consider the K point at (K — K2)/3. The serpentine case always sat-... 

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The rotational operations generate a total of 32 Point Groups derived from these s)mimetry operations on the 14 Bravais lattices. 

The reflections and inversions symmetiy operations generate a total of 231 groups, called Space Gfroups which include the 32 Point Groups. 

If o is chosen as the generating function, it yields the other two members of the set (as well as itself) under the symmetry operations of the point group. The function o is obviously the result of the identity operation, while Cj and Cy produce 02 and <73, respectively. These three symmetry operations are in fact sufficient to resolve the problem, although the reader can verify that if all of file operations of the group are employed, the same expression will be obtained (problem 17). 

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