Acta Crystallographica Section A

Foundations of Crystallography

Volume 64, Part 3 (May 2008)



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[Cover illustration]Cover illustration: An octagonal mosaic from the Kasbah de Telouet, High Atlas, Morocco, based on a modified quasilattice. The underlying quasilattice can best be seen in the blue-and-black portions of the pattern where the `standing' lozenges define bars of unit width and the diagonally positioned lozenges define bars with a width equal to [square root]2. Four orientations of the bar scheme, 45° apart, and phason shifts (alternation of bars in the sequence) are present. Picture taken by Emil Makovicky during the 24th European Crystallographic Meeting 2007.

research papers


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Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 359-367  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767308004807 ]

An investigation into structural changes due to deuteration

S. J. Fisher and J. R. Helliwell

Synopsis: The effect of deuteration is examined by data mining of the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) for 26 isomorphous and three non-isomorphous pairs. Significant and meaningful changes are found in four and two, respectively, but the changes are less than neutron protein crystallography would be sensitive to.

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Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 368-375  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767308004601 ]

Phase stability in ferroelectric bismuth titanate: a first-principles study

A. Shrinagar, A. Garg, R. Prasad and S. Auluck

Synopsis: Using first-principles calculations, it is shown that a monoclinic structure with space group B1a1 is the lowest-energy structure among all the experimentally known structures.

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Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 376-382  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767308005059 ]

Quasiperiodic plane tilings based on stepped surfaces

A. V. Shutov and A. V. Maleev

Synopsis: Static and dynamic characteristics of layerwise growth in two-dimensional quasiperiodic Ito-Ohtsuki tilings are studied.

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Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 383-393  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767308005709 ]

X-ray structure refinement using aspherical atomic density functions obtained from quantum-mechanical calculations

D. Jayatilaka and B. Dittrich

Synopsis: An approach is outlined for X-ray structure refinement using atomic density fragments obtained by Hirshfeld partitioning of quantum-mechanical density fragments. Results are presented for urea and benzene.

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Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 394-403  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767308006545 ]

Dynamical calculation for X-ray 24-beam diffraction in a two-plate crystal cavity of silicon

M.-S. Chiu, Yu. P. Stetsko and S.-L. Chang

Synopsis: Dynamical calculations are given for the X-ray back diffraction (1240) in a monolithic two-plate silicon cavity at photon energy 14.4388 keV, at which 24 beams are simultaneously excited.

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Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 404-418  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767308006879 ]

Foundations of residual-density analysis

K. Meindl and J. Henn

Synopsis: New concepts and the principles of residual-density analysis are introduced.

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Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 419-424  [ doi:10.1107/S010876730800768X ]

Tables of crystallographic properties of magnetic space groups

D. B. Litvin

Synopsis: Crystallographic properties of one-, two- and three-dimensional magnetic space groups are presented in a format and content similar to that of International Tables for Crystallography.

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Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 425-429  [ doi:10.1107/S010876730800826X ]

Three-periodic nets and tilings: regular and related infinite polyhedra

M. O'Keeffe

Synopsis: The nets of the three-periodic regular polyhedra are identified.

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short communications


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Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 430-431  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767308004571 ]

A new simple tiling, with unusual properties, by a polyhedron with 14 faces

R. Gabbrielli and M. O'Keeffe

Synopsis: A monotypic, but not isohedral, simple tiling is described.

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book reviews


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Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 432  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767308006880 ]

Out of the shadows. Contributions of twentieth-century women to physics

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Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 433-434  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767308009343 ]

Aperiodic crystals: from modulated phases to quasicrystals

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books received


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Acta Cryst. (2008). A64, 435  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767308002432 ]

Inorganic structural chemistry

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