surface-energy-ideal-cubic-crystal


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Ideal surface energy for a cubic crystal
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The surface energy of a cubic crystal for a surface obtained from the ideal crystal structure by cleaving along a specified plane, possibly with specified step structure or adsorbates.
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2014-05-21
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a

typefloat
has-unittrue
extent[]
requiredtrue
descriptionAverage equilibrium conventional lattice constant of the cubic crystal.

basis-atom-coordinates

typefloat
has-unitfalse
extent[":" 3]
requiredtrue
descriptionFractional coordinates of the basis atoms in the conventional unit cell. If the unit cell vectors are denoted by <a>, <b>, and <c>, and the fractional coordinates of atom 'i' are [afrac_i, bfrac_i, cfrac_i], the value of 'basis-atom-coordinates' will be of the form [[afrac_1 bfrac_1 cfrac_1] [afrac_2 bfrac_2 cfrac_2] ... ]. All components of each basis atom should be between zero and one, inclusive of zero.

ideal-surface-energy

typefloat
has-unittrue
extent[]
requiredtrue
descriptionUnrelaxed surface energy density (energy per unit area), i.e. the energy per area of the structure obtained by cleaving the ideal crystal on the specified plane.

miller-indices

typeint
has-unitfalse
extent[3]
requiredtrue
descriptionThe vector of Miller indices defining the crystal surface.

species

typestring
has-unitfalse
extent[":"]
requiredtrue
descriptionThe element symbols of the basis atoms. The order in which the species are specified must correspond to the order of the atoms listed in 'basis-atom-coordinates'.

cauchy-stress

typefloat
has-unittrue
extent[6]
requiredfalse
descriptionThe [xx,yy,zz,yz,xz,xy] (i.e. [11,22,33,23,13,12]) components of the Cauchy stress acting on the periodic cell. The orthonormal basis used to express the stress should be aligned with the cubic 4-fold axes of the crystal and the expected form of the stress tensor should be [d d d 0 0 0], where d > 0 indicates tensile stress.

short-name

typestring
has-unitfalse
extent[":"]
requiredfalse
descriptionShort name defining the cubic crystal type.

space-group

typestring
has-unitfalse
extent[]
requiredfalse
descriptionHermann-Mauguin designation for the space group associated with the symmetry of the crystal (e.g. Immm, Fm-3m, P6_3/mmc).

step-structure-notation

typestring
has-unitfalse
extent[]
requiredfalse
descriptionThe surface step structure notation, e.g. w(h,k,l) x (hs,ks,ls) where (h,k,l) and (hs,ks,ls) are the Miller index of the the terrace and step planes, respectively. w is the atomic width of the terrace. See 'Introduction to Surface Chemistry and Catalysis' by Gabor A. Somorjai, Yimin L

termination

typestring
has-unitfalse
extent[]
requiredfalse
descriptionDetails of the surface termination for crystals containing more than one basis atom.

wood-notation

typestring
has-unitfalse
extent[]
requiredfalse
descriptionThe surface structure defined in Wood notation, e.g. (\sqrt(2) x \sqrt(2))R45 or in general (a x b)R\theta. This means that the adsorbates locations with respect to the substrate are given by R(\theta)[a b] where R is a rotation matrix. See 'Introduction to Surface Chemistry and Catalysis' by Gabor A. Somorjai, Yimin L

wyckoff-coordinates

typefloat
has-unitfalse
extent[":" 3]
requiredfalse
descriptionCoordinates of the unique Wyckoff sites used in the fully symmetry-reduced description of the crystal, given as fractions of the lattice vectors. The order of elements in this array must correspond to the order of the entries listed in 'wyckoff-species' and 'wyckoff-multiplicity-and-letter'.

wyckoff-multiplicity-and-letter

typestring
has-unitfalse
extent[":"]
requiredfalse
descriptionMultiplicity and standard letter of the unique Wyckoff sites used in the fully symmetry-reduced description of the crystal (e.g. 4a, 2b). Note that the sum of the Wyckoff multiplicities should equal the total number of elements in 'basis-atom-coordinates'. The order of elements in this array must correspond to the order of the entries listed in 'wyckoff-species' and 'wyckoff-coordinates'.

wyckoff-species

typestring
has-unitfalse
extent[":"]
requiredfalse
descriptionThe element symbol of the atomic species of the unique Wyckoff sites used in the fully symmetry-reduced description of the crystal. The order of the entries must correspond to the order of the entries in 'wyckoff-multiplicity-and-letter' and 'wyckoff-coordinates'.


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