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
