Modulated Structures CIF Dictionary

The modulated structures CIF dictionary (msCIF) is a supplement to the Core dictionary designed to permit the description of incommensurately modulated crystal structures, according to the Checklist published by the Commission on Aperiodic Crystals in Acta Cryst. (1997), A53, 95-100. See also HTML version (http://www.iucr.org/iucr-top/comm/capd/checklist/index.html)

Current official release

• Modulated structures dictionary (IUCr site)
• HTML version
• Search for a data name

Version (1.0.1 of 16 June 2005) available on this disk

• ASCII file for software applications [ Unix | DOS/Windows | MacOS ]
• HTML version indexed by data items and categories
• PDF file of the printed chapter (4.3)

Archival versions

• Version 1.0 of 4 March 2002

There are only minor editorial changes between the current version and the original release version 1.0.

Supporting materials

• Example file for the one-dimensional incommensurately modulated structure of K₂SeO₄
• Example file for the modulated structure of the inorganic misfit layer compound (LaS)_1.14NbS₂
• Alternative example file for the modulated structure of the inorganic misfit layer compound (LaS)_1.14NbS₂
• Example file for the modulated structure of the incommensurate composite crystal (PbS)_1.12VS₂