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  2. Exciton - Wikipedia

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    An exciton is a bound state of an electron and an electron hole which are attracted to each other by the electrostatic Coulomb force resulting from their opposite charges. It is an electrically neutral quasiparticle regarded as an elementary excitation primarily in condensed matter, such as insulators, semiconductors, some metals, and in some liquids.

  3. Morse potential - Wikipedia

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    The Morse potential, named after physicist Philip M. Morse, is a convenient interatomic interaction model for the potential energy of a diatomic molecule.It is a better approximation for the vibrational structure of the molecule than the quantum harmonic oscillator because it explicitly includes the effects of bond breaking, such as the existence of unbound states.

  4. Electronic band structure - Wikipedia

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    The right graph shows the energy levels as a function of the spacing between atoms. When the atoms are far apart (right side of graph) the eigenstates are the atomic orbitals of carbon. When the atoms come close enough (left side) that the orbitals begin to overlap, they hybridize into molecular orbitals with different energies.

  5. Map of lattices - Wikipedia

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    A complemented lattice is bounded. (def) 9. An algebraic lattice is complete. (def) 10. A complete lattice is bounded. 11. A heyting algebra is bounded. (def) 12. A bounded lattice is a lattice. (def) 13. A heyting algebra is residuated. 14. A residuated lattice is a lattice. (def) 15. A distributive lattice is modular. [3] 16.

  6. Lattice energy - Wikipedia

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    In chemistry, the lattice energy is the energy change upon formation of one mole of a crystalline ionic compound from its constituent ions, which are assumed to initially be in the gaseous state. It is a measure of the cohesive forces that bind ionic solids.

  7. Crystal structure - Wikipedia

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    The hpc lattice (left) and the ccf lattice (right) The principles involved can be understood by considering the most efficient way of packing together equal-sized spheres and stacking close-packed atomic planes in three dimensions. For example, if plane A lies beneath plane B, there are two possible ways of placing an additional atom on top of ...

  8. Band gap - Wikipedia

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    It is the energy required to promote an electron from the valence band to the conduction band. The resulting conduction-band electron (and the electron hole in the valence band) are free to move within the crystal lattice and serve as charge carriers to conduct electric current. It is closely related to the HOMO/LUMO gap in chemistry. If the ...

  9. Periodic boundary conditions - Wikipedia

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    In general dimension, unit cell can be viewed as the Wigner-Seitz cell of certain lattice packing. [8] For example, the hypercubic periodic boundary condition corresponds to the hypercubic lattice packing. It is then preferred to choose a unit cell which corresponds to the dense packing of that dimension.