The NIST Surface Structure Database - SSD version 4

• Published in: Acta crystallographica. Section B, Structural science Structural science, 2002-06, Vol.58 (3-1), p.338-342
• Main Authors: Van Hove, M. A., Hermann, K., Watson, P. R.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Computer Graphics; Computers in experimental physics; Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties; Crystallographic databases; Data analysis: algorithms and implementation; data management; Databases, Factual; Exact sciences and technology; Instruments, apparatus, components and techniques common to several branches of physics and astronomy; Models, Molecular; Molecular Structure; NIST Surface Structure Database; Physics; Solid surfaces and solid-solid interfaces; structure comparison; Structure of solids and liquids; crystallography; surface science; Surface structure and topography; Surfaces and interfaces; thin films and whiskers (structure and nonelectronic properties); three-dimensional visualization and analysis
• ISSN: 0108-7681; 1600-5740
• DOI: 10.1107/S0108768102002434

SSD‐4, the fourth version of the NIST Surface Structure Database, has appeared in early 2002 as a significant upgrade to both the database and graphics software; it now also includes nearly 1300 structures published through the end of 2000. SSD is an interactive PC‐based database of critically selected surface structures determined with a variety of experimental techniques. The data include not only atomic coordinates, bond lengths and bond angles, but also information about experimental preparation, measurement and analysis methods. The software provides advanced search and display facilities, as well as interactive three‐dimensional color visualization and analysis tools of great flexibility. In addition, the program can generate publication‐quality color or grayscale prints of any structure, with a host of user‐selectable options (such as view angle, perspective, colors, ball and bond styles, and labels).