Proposed definition of crystal substructure and substructural similarity

There is a clear need for a practical and mathematically rigorous description of local structure in inorganic compounds so that structures and chemistries can be easily compared across large data sets. Here a method for decomposing crystal structures into substructures is given, and a similarity fun...

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Prif Awduron: Yang, Lusann, Ceder, Gerbrand, Dacek, Stephen Thomas
Awduron Eraill: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
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Iaith:English
Cyhoeddwyd: American Physical Society 2014
Mynediad Ar-lein:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/88674
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7737-1278
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Crynodeb:There is a clear need for a practical and mathematically rigorous description of local structure in inorganic compounds so that structures and chemistries can be easily compared across large data sets. Here a method for decomposing crystal structures into substructures is given, and a similarity function between those substructures is defined. The similarity function is based on both geometric and chemical similarity. This construction allows for large-scale data mining of substructural properties, and the analysis of substructures and void spaces within crystal structures. The method is validated via the prediction of Li-ion intercalation sites for the oxides. Tested on databases of known Li-ion-containing oxides, the method reproduces all Li-ion sites in an oxide with a maximum of 4 incorrect guesses 80% of the time.