ISSN:
1600-5724
Source:
Crystallography Journals Online : IUCR Backfile Archive 1948-2001
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Geosciences
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Physics
Notes:
The structure of the low-symmetry phase near the transition point depends on the number of arbitrary parameters, which is smaller than that determined by the space group GD of this phase. Such a feature gives rise to some nontrivial structural effects in the vicinity of the transition point: there are numerical relationships among the displacements of the atoms belonging to different orbits of the GD group. In some cases, atoms may be displaced in a direction not singled out by symmetry in any of the 230 space groups. These effects are revealed by group-theoretical methods and the Landau concept of one irreducible representation.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S0108767393003824