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Probe Type II Band Alignment in One-Dimensional Van Der Waals Heterostructures Using First-Principles Calculations
Published on: October 12, 2019
Taxonomy of periodic nets and the design of materials
Olaf Delgado-Friedrichs1, Michael O'Keeffe, Omar M Yaghi
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
Abstract:
The concept of a natural tiling for a periodic net is introduced and used to derive a transitivity associated with the structure. It is accordingly shown that the transitivity provides a useful method of classifying polyhedra and nets. For design of materials to serve as targets for synthesis, structures with one kind of edge (edge transitive) are particularly important. Edge-transitive polyhedra, layers and 3-periodic nets are then described. Some other nets of special importance in crystal chemistry are also identified.
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