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Lattice versus structure, dimensionality versus periodicity: a crystallographic Babel?
Author(s) -
Nespolo Massimo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of applied crystallography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.429
H-Index - 162
ISSN - 1600-5767
DOI - 10.1107/s1600576719000463
Subject(s) - crystal structure , curse of dimensionality , superlattice , lattice (music) , crystallography , physics , condensed matter physics , materials science , chemistry , computer science , artificial intelligence , acoustics
In this article, several mistakes occurring in the description of crystal structures are pointed out. (1) The term `lattice' is often used instead of `structure'. (2) The two terms `superlattice' and `sublattice' are incorrectly interchanged. (3) Substructures composed of a subset of the crystallographic orbits composing the structure are incorrectly called `sublattices'. (4) Subperiodic structures are incorrectly referred to as `low‐dimensional' structures.