When minerals become complex: An elementary introduction to superspace crystallography to describe natural-occurring incommensurately modulated structures

Rendiconti Lincei

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-16

  Bindi, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MINERALS; MODULATION; PERIODIC STRUCTURES;

CATION COORDINATION; DISPLACIVE MODULATION; INCOMMENSURATE STRUCTURE; LONG RANGE ORDERS; MODULATED STRUCTURES; MODULATION VECTORS; PERIODIC OBJECTS; TRANSLATIONAL SYMMETRY;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 80053088534     PISSN: 20374631     EISSN: 17200776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12210-008-0001-0     Document Type: Article

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