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| Crystaline phases consist of atoms, or molecules, occupying
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| nodes of lattices. Lattices are also interesting as starting
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| configurations for dense disordered phases.
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| == Building a lattice ==
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| Here are some ordered structures that are used as starting configurations
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| The descriptions are provided with a view to the writing of numerical codes; in other words, a rigorous
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| crystallographic formalism should not be expected.
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| ====2-dimensional systems====
| | * 2-dimensional systems |
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| *[[Building up a square lattice|Square lattice]]
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| *[[Building up a triangular lattice|Triangular lattice]]
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| *[[Building up a honeycomb lattice|Honeycomb lattice]]
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| ====3-dimensional systems====
| | * 3-dimensional system |
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| *[[Building up a simple cubic lattice |Simple cubic]]
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| *[[Building up a body centered cubic lattice|Body centered cubic]]
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| *[[Building up a face centered cubic lattice|Face centered cubic]]
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| *[[Building up a diamond lattice|Diamond]]
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| *[[Building up an hexagonal close packing structure|Hexagonal close packing]]
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| *[[Building up an alpha-nitrogen structure |Alpha-nitrogen structure]]
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Dual lattice]]
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| ==References==
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| ;Related reading
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| *[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.4.031049 Avni Jain, Jeffrey R. Errington, and Thomas M. Truskett "Dimensionality and Design of Isotropic Interactions that Stabilize Honeycomb, Square, Simple Cubic, and Diamond Lattices", Physical Review X '''4''' 031049 (2014)]
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| | [[Body centered cubic]] |
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| [[category: computer simulation techniques]] | | [[Face centered cubic]] |
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| | [[Diamond]] |