See what you will probably never see in reality, thanks to the PCOD
Two-dimensional SiO2 models (not DFT-optimized) as predicted
by GRINSP
They can be porous too...
Models selected among 11157 CIF including 3D, 2D and 1D
SiO2
To be compared to the 4 models in a 2017 paper
Not exhaustive list (much more will be added during the next weeks)...
References for these predictions :
1- Inorganic structure prediction with GRINSP. A. Le Bail, J. Appl. Cryst.
38 (2005) 389-395. http://journals.iucr.org/j/issues/2005/02/00/cg5019/
2- Predicted corner-sharing titanium silicates. A. Le Bail, Z. Kristallogr.,
Suppl. 26 (2007) 203-208. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228093494_Predicted_corner-sharing_titanium_silicates
3- Powerpoint file : Contribution to the "Gordon Conference Style" Workshop
: Global Optimisation Techniques Applied to the Prediction of Structures,
5-7 July 2006, University College London (.ppt
or zipped)
4- Advances in structure prediction of inorganic compounds. A. Le Bail,
Report of 2nd Algerian Crystallography Congress, Algérie (2005). http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0606025
5- Hypothetical AlF3 crystal structures, A. Le Bail, F.
Calvayrac, J. Solid State Chem., 179 (2006) 3159-3166.
6- Inorganic structure prediction: too much and not enough, A. Le Bail,
Solid State Phenomena 130 (2007) 1-6.
7- Frontiers between crystal structure prediction and determination by
powder diffractometry, A. Le Bail, Powder Diffraction, S23 (2008) S5-S12.
8- Databases of virtual inorganic crystal structures and their applications,
A. Le Bail, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 12 (2010) 8521-8530. DOI:
10.1039/c003907c
Etc - search by yourself after all...
A- Simplest models : two-sheets-related-by-a-mirror
PCOD3007286 (α-2D-silica in the paper cited above) CIF
PCOD670014 - close to the previous one but not exactly - CIF
PCOD1000004 CIF
PCOD900003 CIF
PCOD3003217 CIF
PCOD3000624 CIF
PCOD3005178 CIF
PCOD3005151 CIF
PCOD3000966 CIF
PCOD3010877 CIF
PCOD3009033 CIF
B- More complex models, though the first three are one-sheet thick :
PCOD1150104 (δ-2D-silica in the paper cited above) CIF
PCOD1000001 (β-2D-silica in the paper cited above) CIF
PCOD740002 another organization similar to the two previous ones - CIF
PCOD1150331 (γ-2D-silica in the paper cited above) CIF
PCOD3004329 CIF
PCOD3007243 CIF
PCOD3004896 CIF
PCOD3003565 CIF
PCOD3008767 CIF
PCOD3009099 CIF
PCOD3007213 CIF
PCOD3009950 CIF
PCOD670009 CIF
PCOD3000213 CIF
PCOD3003939 CIF
PCOD3003044 CIF
PCOD3002966 CIF
PCOD3003929 CIF
PCOD3003930 CIF
PCOD3003372 CIF
PCOD3001602 CIF
PCOD3004060 CIF
PCOD3003566 CIF
PCOD3001752 CIF
PCOD3004760 CIF
PCOD3004939 CIF
PCOD3001747 CIF
PCOD3003932 CIF
PCOD3001268 CIF
PCOD3004529 CIF
PCOD3101399 CIF
PCOD3103687 CIF
PCOD3103321 CIF
PCOD3102839 CIF
PCOD3102426 CIF
PCOD3102120 CIF
PCOD3000230 CIF
PCOD3103838 CIF
PCOD3002076 CIF
PCOD3102266 CIF
PCOD3103126 CIF
PCOD3100471 CIF
PCOD3102255 CIF
PCOD3100607 CIF
PCOD3100282 CIF
PCOD3102142 CIF
3109046 CIF
PCOD3109269 CIF
PCOD3103474 CIF
PCOD3109101 CIF
PCOD3108373 CIF
PCOD3103427 CIF
PCOD3009735 CIF
PCOD3004909 CIF
PCOD3004748 CIF
PCOD3003951 CIF
PCOD3002753 CIF
PCOD3000993 CIF
PCOD3010514 CIF
PCOD3003465 CIF
PCOD3004081 CIF
PCOD3010207 CIF
PCOD3003574 CIF
PCOD3002531 CIF
PCOD3008346 CIF
PCOD3006321 CIF
PCOD3005542 CIF
PCOD3009879 CIF
PCOD3006169 CIF
PCOD3005024 CIF
PCOD3003940 CIF
PCOD3004579 CIF
PCOD3010545 CIF
PCOD3004082 CIF
PCOD3006182 CIF
PCOD3002971 CIF
PCOD3002967 CIF
PCOD3004799 CIF
PCOD3010502 CIF
PCOD3003927 CIF
PCOD3005359 CIF
PCOD3007362 CIF