Brillouin Zones

Simple Cubic (SC)

Po - cubic BZ, IBZ wedge 1/48th of it

Simple Cubic (SC): Po - cubic BZ, IBZ wedge 1/48th of it

Body-Centered Cubic (BCC)

Fe - truncated octahedron BZ

Body-Centered Cubic (BCC): Fe - truncated octahedron BZ

Face-Centered Cubic (FCC)

Cu - rhombic dodecahedron

Face-Centered Cubic (FCC): Cu - rhombic dodecahedron

Tetragonal

Ac₂Br₂O - elongated/compressed octahedron

Tetragonal: Ac₂Br₂O - elongated/compressed octahedron

Hexagonal

Ac - hexagonal prism

Hexagonal: Ac - hexagonal prism

Orthorhombic

Ac₄Mg₂ - rectangular prism BZ

Orthorhombic: Ac₄Mg₂ - rectangular prism BZ

Monoclinic

Ac₄Mg₂ - oblique prism BZ

Monoclinic: Ac₄Mg₂ - oblique prism BZ

Triclinic

Ag₁₃Bi₁₄I₅₆ - general parallelepiped BZ

Triclinic: Ag₁₃Bi₁₄I₅₆ - general parallelepiped BZ

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🔷 AgI-fq978185p-phono3py.yaml.gz
🔷 Al-fcc.dump
🔷 BaTiO3-tetragonal.poscar
🔷 BeO-zw12zc18p-phono3py.yaml.gz
🔷 Bi2Zr2O8-Fm3m.json
🔷 Cu-FCC.json
🔷 Cu-fcc.lmp
🔷 Fe-BCC.json
🔷 Li10GeP2S12.cif
🔷 Li4Fe3Mn1(PO4)4.cif
🔷 Li8Fe2NiCoO8.cif
🔷 LiFePO4.cif
🔷 MgNiF6.cif
🔷 NaCl-cubic.poscar
🔷 NaCl-rocksalt.pdb
🔷 P24Ru4H252C296S24N16.cif
🔷 PF-sd-1601634.cif
🔷 Po-simple-cubic.json
🔷 Si-diamond.mmcif
🔷 TiO2.cif
🔷 TlBiSe2-highly-oblique-cell.json
🔷 aviary-CuF3K-triolith.poscar
🔷 mof-issue-127.cif
🔷 mp-1.json
🔷 mp-10018-Ac1-cubic.json
🔷 mp-1183057-Ac3-trigonal.json.gz
🔷 mp-1183085-Ac4Mg2-orthorhombic.json
🔷 mp-1183089-Ac4Mg2-monoclinic.json
🔷 mp-1204603.json
🔷 mp-1207297-Ac2Br2O1-tetragonal.json
🔷 mp-1229155.json
🔷 mp-1229168.json
🔷 mp-1234.json
🔷 mp-12712.json
🔷 mp-19017.json.gz
🔷 mp-2.json
🔷 mp-686119-Ag13Bi14I56-triclinic.json
🔷 mp-7000-optimade.json
🔷 mp-756175.json
🔷 mp-862690-Ac4-hexagonal.json
🔷 nested-Hf36Mo36Nb36Ta36W36-hcp-mace-omat.json.gz
🔷 quartz-alpha.cif
🔷 quartz.extxyz
🔷 scientific-notation.poscar
🔷 selective-dynamics.poscar
🔷 vasp4-format.poscar
🔷 water-dimer.data

Try Your Own Structure

Higher-Order Brillouin Zones

Simple Cubic (SC)

2nd order BZ

Simple Cubic (SC): 2nd order BZ

Body-Centered Cubic (BCC)

2nd order BZ

Body-Centered Cubic (BCC): 2nd order BZ

Face-Centered Cubic (FCC)

3rd order BZ

Face-Centered Cubic (FCC): 3rd order BZ

Hexagonal

3rd order BZ

Hexagonal: 3rd order BZ

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