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The photo on this article is a little large and makes it difficult to see the pertinent information in the infobox. Can it be reduced to a smaller unit cell, or if it's more convenient, rotated 90 degrees?
Also, highly recommend making the white space transparent. Pinging @MaterialsPsych since they are the main contributor and probably have some input. Reconrabbit15:47, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Reconrabbit. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
The image I uploaded is a full, single conventional unit cell of tantalum arsenide, so there isn't any way to reduce it to a smaller unit cell that represents the full crystal structure and all the symmetries―some tetragonal crystals do have large unit cells. However, I have tried to decrease the size of the image within the infobox. Let me know if this has helped at all.
The current orientation, with the elongated c-axis pointing up, is a pretty typical choice for representing tetragonal unit cells in the literature and elsewhere. It is how the crystal structure of tantalum arsenide is represented in references 2 and 3 that are cited in the article, and it also follows the same convention that is adopted on tetragonal crystal system#Bravais lattices . I suppose it could be rotated 90 degrees and convey the same information, but it would look pretty weird, at least to me. I'm not sure if having such a wide image with a large aspect ratio would display very well in the infobox either.
As for removing the white background and making it transparent, I will see if there is a way to do that. VESTA exports images with a white background by default, and I don't think there is a way to disable that, so I may need to use another tool to remove it. I will work on that when I have some time later.
I see. The article is a lot more readable with the image size reduced, so thank you for that. I use Avogadro to draw molecules, which allows for exporting in SVG, and that is always useful. Reconrabbit02:29, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Reconrabbit: I found a tool which did a good job of removing the white background, provided that I used a higher resolution version of the image. I've been a bit busy lately, but I got around to uploading it now. MaterialsPsych (talk) 03:47, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
