晶体结构

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In mineralogy and crystallography, a crystal structure is a unique arrangement of atoms in a crystal. A crystal structure is composed of a unit cell, a set of atoms arranged in a particular way; which is periodically repeated in three dimensions on a lattice. The spacing between unit cells in various directions are called its lattice parameters. The symmetry properties of the crystal are embodied in its space group. A crystal's structure and symmetry play a role in determining many of its properties, such as cleavage, electronic band structure, and optical properties.

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Unit cell

A unit cell is a spatial arrangement of atoms which is tiled in three-dimensional space to describe the crystal. The positions of the atoms inside the unit cell are described by the symmetric unit or basis, the set of atomic positions (xi,yi,zi) measured from a lattice point.

For each crystal structure there is a conventional unit cell, usually chosen to make the resulting lattice as symmetric as possible. However, the conventional unit cell is not always the smallest possible choice. A primitive unit cell of a particular crystal structure is the smallest possible unit cell one can construct such that, when tiled, it completely fills space. A Wigner-Seitz cell is a particular kind of primitive cell which has the same symmetry as the lattice.

Crystal system

The crystal system is the point group of the lattice (the set of rotation and reflection symmetries which leave a lattice point fixed), not including the positions of the atoms in the unit cell. There are seven unique crystal systems. The simplest and most symmetric, the cubic (or isometric) system, has the symmetry of a cube. The other six systems, in order of decreasing symmetry, are hexagonal, tetragonal, rhombohedral (also known as trigonal), orthorhombic, monoclinic and triclinic. Some crystallographers consider the hexagonal crystal system not to be its own crystal system, but instead a part of the trigonal crystal system.

Classification of lattices

晶系 格子
三斜 简单三斜
单斜 简单 底心
简单单斜 底心单斜
正交 简单 底心 体心 面心
简单正交 底心正交 体心正交 面心正交
六方 简单六方
菱方
(三角)
简单菱方
四方 简单 体心
简单四方 体心四方
立方
(等轴)
简单 体心 面心
简单立方 体心立方 面心立方

A Bravais lattice is a set of points constructed by translating a single point in discrete steps by a set of basis vectors. In three dimensions, there are 14 unique Bravais lattices (distinct from one another in that they have different space groups) in three dimensions. All crystalline materials recognised till now (not including quasicrystals) fit in one of these arrangements. The fourteen three-dimensional lattices, classified by crystal system, are shown to the right.

The crystal structure is one of the lattices with a unit cell, which contains atoms at specific coordinates, at every lattice point. Because it includes the unit cell, the symmetry of the crystal can be more complicated than the symmetry of the lattice.

Point and space groups

The crystallographic point group or crystal class is the set of non-translational symmetries that leave a point in the crystal fixed. There are 32 possible crystal classes.

The space group of the crystal structure is composed of the translational symmetries in addition to the symmetries of the point group. There are 230 distinct space groups.

Defects in crystals

Real crystals feature defects or irregularities in the ideal arrangements described above and it is these defects that critically determine many of the electrical and mechanical properties of real materials. In particular dislocations in the crystal lattice allow shear at much lower stress than that needed for a perfect crystal structure.

Crystal symmetry

Crystal structures can be divided into 32 classes, or point groups, according to the number of rotational axes and reflection planes they exhibit that leave the crystal structure unchanged. Twenty of the 32 crystal classes are piezoelectric. All 20 piezoelectric classes lack a center of symmetry. Any material develops a dielectric polarization when an electric field is applied, but a substance which has such a natural charge separation even in the absence of a field is called a polar material. Whether or not a material is polar is determined solely by its crystal structure. Only 10 of the 32 point groups are polar. All polar crystals are pyroelectric, so the 10 polar crystal classes are sometimes referred to as the pyroelectric classes.

There are a few crystal structures, notably the perovskite structure, which exhibit ferroelectric behaviour. This is analogous to ferromagnetism, in that, in the absence of an electric field during production, the ferroelectric crystal does not exhibit a polarisation. Upon the application of an electric field of sufficient magnitude, the crystal becomes permanently polarised. This polarisation can be reversed by a sufficiently large counter-charge, in the same way that a ferromagnet can be reversed. However, it is important to note that, although they are called ferroelectrics, the effect is due to the crystal structure, not the presence of a ferrous metal.

Incommensurate crystals have period-varying translational symmetry. The period between nodes of symmetry is constant in most crystals. The distance between nodes in an incommensurate crystal is dependent on the number of nodes between it and the base node.

晶体结构晶体周期性结构,可用晶胞原子的分布图形表示。

单质

金属结构(metallic copper structure)

金属结构(metallic sodium structure)

金属结构(metallic magnesium structure)

金刚石结构(diamond structure)

石墨结构(graphite structure)

化合物

氯化钠结构(NaCl structure)

氯化铯结构(CsCl structure)

立方硫化锌结构(zinc blende structure)

六方硫化锌结构(wurtzite structure)

砷化镍结构(NiAs structure)

碘化镉结构(CdI2)

  • 国际上表达这种结构形式的记号为C6型
  • 三方晶系,简单六方点阵型式。

萤石结构(CaF2 fluorite structure)

萤石结构(anti-fluorite structure)

金红石结构(TiO2 rutile structure)

钙钛矿结构(CaTiO3 perovskite structure)

三氧化铼结构(ReO3 structure)

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For more detailed information in specific technology applications see materials engineering, materials science, ceramic or metallurgy.

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