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On Kepler-Shubnikov nets

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Kepler-Shubnikov nets and their derivatives are present in the latent form in all close-packed structures. These nets are total structural minals which can be used to obtain systems of planar structural motifs, their modules (structural units), and combined forms.

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Dedicated to the memory of G.B. Bokiĭ on the occasion of his 100th birthday

Original Russian Text © N.L. Smirnova, 2009, published in Kristallografiya, 2009, Vol. 54, No. 5, pp. 789–794.

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Smirnova, N.L. On Kepler-Shubnikov nets. Crystallogr. Rep. 54, 743–748 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063774509050058

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