Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: A3B_hP4_191_bc_a

  • M. J. Mehl, D. Hicks, C. Toher, O. Levy, R. M. Hanson, G. L. W. Hart, and S. Curtarolo, The AFLOW Library of Crystallographic Prototypes: Part 1, Comp. Mat. Sci. 136, S1-S828 (2017). (doi=10.1016/j.commatsci.2017.01.017)
  • D. Hicks, M. J. Mehl, E. Gossett, C. Toher, O. Levy, R. M. Hanson, G. L. W. Hart, and S. Curtarolo, The AFLOW Library of Crystallographic Prototypes: Part 2, Comp. Mat. Sci. 161, S1-S1011 (2019). (doi=10.1016/j.commatsci.2018.10.043)
  • D. Hicks, M.J. Mehl, M. Esters, C. Oses, O. Levy, G.L.W. Hart, C. Toher, and S. Curtarolo, The AFLOW Library of Crystallographic Prototypes: Part 3, Comp. Mat. Sci. 199, 110450 (2021). (doi=10.1016/j.commatsci.2021.110450)

Li3N Structure: A3B_hP4_191_bc_a

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Prototype : Li3N
AFLOW prototype label : A3B_hP4_191_bc_a
Strukturbericht designation : None
Pearson symbol : hP4
Space group number : 191
Space group symbol : $\text{P6/mmm}$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=A3B_hP4_191_bc_a
--params=
$a$,$c/a$


Hexagonal primitive vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{a}_1 & = & \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} \\ \mathbf{a}_2 & = & \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} \\ \mathbf{a}_3 & = & c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}\\ \end{array} \]

Basis vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \text{Lattice Coordinates} & & \text{Cartesian Coordinates} &\text{Wyckoff Position} & \text{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B}_{1}& = &0 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + 0 \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + 0 \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = &0 \mathbf{\hat{x}} + 0 \mathbf{\hat{y}} + 0 \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(1a\right) & \text{N} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2}& = &\frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\frac12 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(1b\right) & \text{Li I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & =&\frac13 \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac23 \mathbf{a}_{2}& = &\frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac1{2\sqrt{3}} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}& \left(2c\right) & \text{Li II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & =&\frac23 \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac13 \mathbf{a}_{2}& = &\frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac1{2\sqrt{3}} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}& \left(2c\right) & \text{Li II} \\ \end{array} \]

References

  • D. H. Gregory, P. M. O'Meara, A. G. Gordon, J. P. Hodges, S. Short, and J. D. Jorgensen, Structure of Lithium Nitride and Transition–Metal–Doped Derivatives, Li3–x–yMxN (M = Ni, Cu): A Powder Neutron Diffraction Study, Chem. Mater. 14, 2063–2070 (2002), doi:10.1021/cm010718t.

Found in

  • P. Villars, K. Cenzual, J. Daams, R. Gladyshevskii, O. Shcherban, V. Dubenskyy, N. Melnichenko–Koblyuk, O. Pavlyuk, I. Savesyuk, S. Stoiko, and L. Sysa, Landolt–Börnstein – Group III Condensed Matter (Springer–Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2006). Accessed through the Springer Materials site.

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