Hexagonal lattice
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Hexagonal lattice | Wallpaper group p6m | Unit cell |
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The hexagonal lattice (sometimes called triangular lattice) is one of the five two-dimensional Bravais lattice types.[1] The symmetry category of the lattice is wallpaper group p6m. The primitive translation vectors of the hexagonal lattice form an angle of 120° and are of equal lengths,
The reciprocal lattice of the hexagonal lattice is a hexagonal lattice in reciprocal space with orientation changed by 90° and primitive lattice vectors of length
Honeycomb point set
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The honeycomb point set is a special case of the hexagonal lattice with a two-atom basis.[1] The centers of the hexagons of a honeycomb form a hexagonal lattice, and the honeycomb point set can be seen as the union of two offset hexagonal lattices.
In nature, carbon atoms of the two-dimensional material graphene are arranged in a honeycomb point set.
Crystal classes
[edit]The hexagonal lattice class names, Schönflies notation, Hermann-Mauguin notation, orbifold notation, Coxeter notation, and wallpaper groups are listed in the table below.
Geometric class, point group | Wallpaper groups | ||||
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Schön. | Intl | Orb. | Cox. | ||
C3 | 3 | (33) | [3]+ | p3 (333) |
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D3 | 3m | (*33) | [3] | p3m1 (*333) |
p31m (3*3) |
C6 | 6 | (66) | [6]+ | p6 (632) |
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D6 | 6mm | (*66) | [6] | p6m (*632) |
See also
[edit]- Square lattice
- Hexagonal tiling
- Close-packing
- Centered hexagonal number
- Eisenstein integer
- Voronoi diagram
- Hermite constant
References
[edit]- ^ a b Rana, Farhan. "Lattices in 1D, 2D, and 3D" (PDF). Cornell University. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-12-18.
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