Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: AB2_oI6_71_a_e-002

This structure originally had the label AB2_oI6_71_a_i. Calls to that address will be redirected here.

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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)

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ReSi$_{2}$ Structure: AB2_oI6_71_a_e-002

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Prototype ReSi$_{2}$
AFLOW prototype label AB2_oI6_71_a_e-002
ICSD 38274
Pearson symbol oI6
Space group number 71
Space group symbol $Immm$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=AB2_oI6_71_a_e-002
--params=$a, \allowbreak b/a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak x_{2}$

  • The original references describe MoPt$_{2}$ and ReSi$_{2}$ in different orientations, so they have nominally different AFLOW prototype labels, AB2_oI6_71_a_g and AB2_oI6_71_a_i, respectively. When we apply our AFLOW prototype label rules, however, the label for both structures becomes AB2_oI6_71_a_e. The two structures are generated by the same symmetry operations with different sets of parameters (--params) specified in their corresponding CIF files.

\[ \begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{a_{1}}&=&- \frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{2}b \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}\\\mathbf{a_{2}}&=&\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac{1}{2}b \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}\\\mathbf{a_{3}}&=&\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{2}b \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- \frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}} \end{array}\]

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $0$ = $0$ (2a) Re I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}$ (4e) Si I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a x_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}$ (4e) Si I

References

  • T. Siegrist, F. Hulliger, and G. Travaglini, The crystal structure and some properties of ReSi$_2$, J. Less-Common Met. 92, 119–129 (1983), doi:10.1016/0022-5088(83)90233-3.

Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=AB2_oI6_71_a_e --params=$a,b/a,c/a,x_{2}$

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