A CIF or Crystallographic Information File is the standard format for storing crystallographic structural data. CIF information has a specific structure or format that needs to be followed to …

Crystallographic Information File (CIF) is a standard text file format for representing crystallographic information, promulgated by the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr).

The acronym CIF is used both for the Crystallographic Information File, the data exchange standard file format of Hall, Allen & Brown (1991) (see Documentation), and for the …

Crystal structure data is often stored in a CIF file. This is a text file that contains the asymmetric unit of the crystal, the symmetries of the space group, and a reference to the source where the …

Jun 13, 2025 · CIF (Crystallographic Information File) is a standard text file format used to represent crystallographic data. It is widely used in the field of chemical crystallography for …

The Crystallographic Information File (cif) is the standard text-based format for storing crystal structure information, maintained by the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr).

A well-established standard file structure for the archiving and distribution of crystallographic information, CIF is in regular use for reporting crystal structure determinations to Acta …

CrystalExplorer reads crystal structures from Crystallographic Information Files (CIF).

This guide will introduce you to the type of information that can be included within the CIF, as well as give more details information about the CIF format and how information is stored within a CIF.

The CIF (crystallographic information file) format is the de facto standard for communicating all sorts of crystallographic information. In particular it is used to archive crystal structure data, …