This single layer is the precursor of the simple cubic (SC) unit cell. The lattice points are touching one another but not in the most efficient way. In other words, we are creating a lot of empty ...

The face centered cubic (FCC) unit cell begins with a totally different layer, one that is packed much more efficiently. This figure shows the basic layer that will be repeated throughout the entire ...

(Top diagram) Diamond is metastable at room temperature and has a diamond cubic crystal structure. (Lower diagram) The diamond cubic structure is a face-centered-cubic lattice with a basis of two ...

This reduction in defect density contributes to lattice plainification in Cu 0.01 Bi 2 Te 2.7 Se 0.3, improving the carrier mobility of Bi 2 Te 2.7 Se 0.3 from 174 cm 2 V –1 s –1 to 226 cm 2 V ...

We show in this article that all these cubic phases are similar: the lattice is body-centred, and the structure consists of networks of rods (Fig. 1); in some cases the rods are filled by the ...