Topologically Linked Crystals
Materials Science
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
We discovered a new class of topological crystals, namely linked rings of crystals. Two rings of tantalum triselenide (TaSe3) single crystals were linked to each other while crystal growing. The topology of the crystal form is called a "Hopf link", which is the simplest link involving just two component unknots linked together exactly once. The feature of the crystals is not covered by the conventional crystallography.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0611188,
title = {Topologically Linked Crystals},
author = {Toru Matsuura and Masanori Yamanaka and Noriyuki Hatakenaka and Toyoki Matsuyama and Satoshi Tanda},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0611188},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
6 pages, 3 figures, to appear in J. Crystal Growth