From polygons to polyhedra through intermediate structures. A shape measures study of six-atom inorganic rings and clusters
Santiago Álvarez
Abstract
, two coplanar or perpendicular edge-sharing squares). The present CShM study allows us to classify most of the structures not only by their closeness to a particular regular shape, but also by quantifying their position along minimal distortion interconversion pathways between two regular shapes.
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PolyhedronTetrahedronVertex (graph theory)OctahedronCrystallographyGeometryGroup (periodic table)CombinatoricsSquare pyramidPyramid (geometry)Dual polyhedronMathematicsPure mathematicsTopology (electrical circuits)ChemistryCrystal structureGraphOrganic chemistryCrystallography and molecular interactionsMolecular spectroscopy and chiralityComputational Drug Discovery Methods