Rutile Atomic Structure

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This is an atomic structure of rutile. The rutile-type structure is adopted by various dioxides, such as titanium dioxide, germanium dioxide, high-pressure silica, etc. In each octahedron, a cation atom (for example, titanium) sits at the center and six oxygen atoms sit at the vertices. By printing this model, you can see firsthand the characteristics of rutile-type structures like: - Octahedra share horizontal edges, - Neighboring chains share their vertices, - There are gaps along the c-axis. The STL file was created using Blender with a custom Python script.