Three-periodic nets and tilings: Minimal nets

Charlotte Bonneau, Olaf Delgado-Friedrichs, Michael O'Keeffe*, Omar M. Yaghi

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Abstract

The 15 3-periodic minimal nets of Beukemann & Klee [Z. Kristallogr. (1992), 201, 37-51] have been examined. Seven have collisions in barycentric coordinates and are self-entangled. The other eight have natural tilings. Five of these tilings are self-dual and the nets are the labyrinth nets of the P, G, D, H and CLP minimal surfaces of genus 3. Twelve ways have been found for subdividing a cube into smaller tiles without introducing new vertices. Duals of such tilings with one vertex in the primitive cell have nets that are one of the minimal nets. Minimal nets without collisions are uniform.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)517-520
Number of pages4
JournalActa Crystallographica Section A: Foundations of Crystallography
Volume60
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2004
Externally publishedYes

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