Original scientific paper

Descriptors for Complex Inorganic Structures

Allan L. Mackay ; Department of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, London WClE 7HX, U. K.

Abstract

It win be found that everything depends on the composition of the forces with
which the particles of matter act upon one another; and from these forces, as a
matter of fact, an phenomena of Nature take their origin. Roger Joseph Bosc
o vi ch (1711-1787) Theoria Philosophiae Naturalis, Venice, 1763. (sec. I.5).
Considering the great variety of natural structures built of
atoms we may Ct'Sk how we are to describe them. We may ask,
further, whether there are any natural descriptions. Pauling's Rules
laid the foundations for understanding the ionic structures in terms
of coordination polyhedra. Here we elaborate on certain geometrical
aspects of this by considering (a) quantitative dissection into
coordimrtion polyhedra; (b) specific atomic volumes; (c) minimal
surfaces as large-scale features .of silicate structures, and (d)
complexity.

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Hrčak ID:

194142

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/194142

Publication date:

20.10.1984.

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