Crystalline Materials¶
The complete crystal structure 1 of a crystalline material is obtained when a set of atoms, known as the basis atoms or repeating unit, are convolved (combined) with each one of the lattice points of the underlying Bravais lattice.
This results in a crystal structure with long-range order, which gives its corresponding space group symmetry assignment.
Visualization¶
The image below outlines the crystal structure definition conceptually.
