Wigner–Seitz cell

GPTKB entity

Statements (16)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:geometry
gptkbp:appliesTo lattice
gptkbp:builtBy draw lines to connect a lattice point to its neighbors, then draw perpendicular bisectors at the midpoints
gptkbp:defines region of space closer to a given lattice point than to any other
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wigner–Seitz cell
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Eugene_Wigner
gptkb:Frederick_Seitz
gptkbp:property contains exactly one lattice point
tessellates space
unique for each lattice point
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Brillouin_zone
unit cell
gptkbp:usedIn crystallography
solid state physics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Eugene_Wigner
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4