Feature-based crystal construction in computer-aided nano-design

    Authors

    C. Qi;Y. Wang

    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Comput.-Aided Des.

    Keywords

    Feature based; Crystal construction; Feature operation; Periodic; surface; Computer-aided nano-design; SURFACES; Computer Science, Software Engineering

    Abstract

    Providing nanoengineers and scientists efficient and easy-to-use tools to create geometry conformations that have minimum energies is highly desirable in materials design. Recently we developed a periodic surface model to assist the construction of nanostructures parametrically for computer-aided nano-design. In this paper, we present a feature-based approach for crystal construction. The proposed approach creates models of basic features with the aid of periodic surfaces followed by operations between basic features. The goal is to introduce a rapid construction method for complex crystal structures. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Computer-Aided Design

    Volume

    41

    Issue/Number

    11

    Publication Date

    1-1-2009

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    792

    Last Page

    800

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000271562700004

    ISSN

    0010-4485

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