Peierls transition

A Peierls transition or Peierls distortion is a distortion of the periodic lattice of a one-dimensional crystal. Atomic positions oscillate, so that the perfect order of the 1-D crystal is broken.[1]

  1. ^ "Peierls transition". IUPAC Goldbook. 2014. doi:10.1351/goldbook.P04468.

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