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The evidence for the occurrence of polarity reversal domains and inversion twins in compounds with the wurtzite and sphalerite structures is reviewed. Anti-coincidence lattices are defined for orientation relationships such that a fraction of sites of the two lattices coincide, but wrongly, to produce anti-coincidence sites. Proceeding from Friedel's theorem, the range of Friedel indices,I, can be extended to unity and negative odd integers. Polarity reversal domains are characterised byI=−1 andn th order inversion twins byI=−(3) n. The partial symmetry operations producing coincidence and anticoincidence lattices are discussed.
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Holt, D.B. Polarity reversal and symmetry in semiconducting compounds with the sphalerite and wurtzite structures. J Mater Sci 19, 439–446 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02403230
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