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The AFLOW standard encyclopedia of crystallographic prototypes provides a complete description of each structure, including formulas for the primitive vectors, basis vectors, and AFLOW commands to generate the standardized cells.

Electronic structure geometry files are available to download as CIF files or as input to several popular electronic structure programs. formats.

Number of prototypes in the encyclopedia: 2127

Search prototypes via space group, Pearson symbol, Strukturbericht designation, and chemical symbols.

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Part 5: Added 344 new prototypes for a current total of 2127 structures

Added New Tutorials in Crystallography and Quantum Mechanics

Lattices and Basis

Crystal Systems and Conventional Cells

Conventional and Primitive (Bravais) Lattices

Rotational Symmetry

The Crystallographic Restriction Theorem and Quasicrystals

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