A new calculation of the polymorphs of silica appears to have broken new ground in deriving crystal structure from chemical composition. But X-ray crystallographers need not worry — yet.
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Maddox, J. Crystals from first principles. Nature 335, 201 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1038/335201a0
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