Imagine you have a big box where you store your toys. You like to keep all your toys in it so you can easily find them when you want to play with them. Now, imagine scientists have a similar box where they keep information about crystals.
Crystals are tiny things that are made up of atoms, which are like very small building blocks. These atoms fit together in a certain order to create a crystal structure. Just like how you might have different types of toys in your box, there are different types of crystals with different structures. Each type of crystal structure is called a lattice.
However, there are so many different types of crystals in the world that scientists can't keep track of all of them in their heads. That's where the inorganic crystal structure database comes in.
It's like a special box that keeps information about all the different types of crystal structures that scientists have discovered. This information is very important because it helps scientists understand how crystals work and how they can be used in different fields like medicine, electronics and energy.
Scientists can use the database to search for specific types of crystal structures, study their properties and see how they compare to other crystals. They can also add new information about newly discovered crystals to the database so that everyone can learn from it.
So, just like how you keep all your toys organized in a box, scientists have organized all their crystal knowledge in the inorganic crystal structure database!