Templating by electric fields equipotential and tangential field surfaces

2 Templating by electric fields equipotential and tangential field surfaces 

Templating generally refers to the process whereby a molecular form is constructed from a pattern set by a (templating) molecule. However, a more subtle form of templating may be responsible for the atomic arrangement of many structures, from silicates to organic cryptate molecules. 

It turns out that there is an exact correspondence between  

This correspondence between equipotential and tangential field surfaces leads to a simple construction for the likely diffusion trajectories of ions within fast-ion conductors, also called solid electrolytes . These solids (typically binary salts) are electrically highly conducting (the electrical conductivity of 

The tenn electric field to describe and visualise the templating process is used loosely. In general die process is not determined solely by the electrostatic field. Rather, it is die entire set of inter-oscillations of die electromagnetic field that sets the zero stress surface, cf. 3.2.4. 

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