Fig. 2: Representation of the bond cleaving algorithm. | npj Computational Materials

Fig. 2: Representation of the bond cleaving algorithm.

From: Computational synthesis of substrates by crystal cleavage

Fig. 2

a The periodic bond approach cleaves all periodic images of a bond. b The periodic atom approach cleaves the bonds between all periodic images of the atoms. The periodic atom approach requires at least three atoms in the primitive cell to generate a cleaved facet.

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