Building up a diamond lattice
- Consider:
- a cubic simulation box whose sides are of length
- a number of lattice positions, given by Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \left. M = 8 m^3 \right. } ,
with Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle m } being a positive integer
- The Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \left. M \right. } positions are those given by:
- Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \left\{ \begin{array}{l} x_a = i_a \times (\delta l) \\ y_a = j_a \times (\delta l) \\ z_a = k_a \times (\delta l) \end{array} \right\} }
where the indices of a given valid site are integer numbers that must fulfill the following criteria
- Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 0 \le i_a < 4m }
- Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 0 \le j_a < 4m }
- Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 0 \le k_a < 4m } ,
- the sum of Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \left. i_a + j_a + k_a \right. } can have only the values: 0, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, ...
i.e, Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \left. i_a + j_a + k_a = 4 n \right. } ; OR; Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \left. i_a + j_a + k_a = 4 n + 3 \right. } , with being any integer number
- the indices Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \left\{ i_a, j_a, k_a \right\} } must be either all even or all odd.
with Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \left. \delta l = L/(4m) \right. }
Atomic position(s) on a cubic cell
- Number of atoms per cell: 8
- Coordinates:
Atom 1: Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \left( x_1, y_1, z_1 \right) = \left( 0, 0, 0 \right) }
Atom 2: Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \left( x_2, y_2, z_2 \right) = \left( 0 , \frac{l}{2}, \frac{l}{2}\right) }
Atom 3:
Atom 4: Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \left( x_4, y_4, z_4 \right) = \left( \frac{l}{2}, \frac{l}{2}, 0 \right) }
Atom 5: Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \left( x_5, y_5, z_5 \right) = \left( \frac{l}{4}, \frac{l}{4}, \frac{l}{4} \right) }
Atom 6: Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \left( x_6, y_6, z_6 \right) = \left( \frac{l}{4}, \frac{3l}{4}, \frac{3l}{4} \right) }
Atom 7: Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \left( x_7, y_7, z_7 \right) = \left( \frac{3l}{4}, \frac{l}{4}, \frac{3l}{4} \right) }
Atom 8:
Cell dimensions:
- Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle a=b=c = l }
- Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \alpha = \beta = \gamma = 90^0 }