<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi,<br><br></div>I am trying to calculate the IFCs for a FCC lattice (Al) for a few nearest neighbours. I was following a set of threads, which led me to this one :<br><br><a href="http://www.democritos.it/pipermail/pw_forum/2009-August/013613.html">http://www.democritos.it/pipermail/pw_forum/2009-August/013613.html</a><br><br></div>Could someone elaborate on the statement (in this webpage),<br><pre>"Notice also that the force constant grid is written as these were
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so in a 4x4x4 grid R(1,1,1) = 0, R(2,1,1,) = a1, and R(4,1,1)=-a1"?<br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>More specifically, what is R(3, 1, 1) in this case? <br>Thanks a lot!<br>--<br>Navaneeth<br>Caltech</span><br></pre><div><br><br></div></div>