Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: A2B3_tP10_127_g_ah

  • 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)

Si2U3 ($D5_{a}$) Structure: A2B3_tP10_127_g_ah

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Prototype : Si2U3
AFLOW prototype label : A2B3_tP10_127_g_ah
Strukturbericht designation : $D5_{a}$
Pearson symbol : tP10
Space group number : 127
Space group symbol : $\text{P4/mbm}$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=A2B3_tP10_127_g_ah
--params=
$a$,$c/a$,$x_{2}$,$x_{3}$


  • If we consider the Si2 dimers as a pseudo-atom, then this is a tetragonal distortion of the Cu3Au (L12) structure.

Simple Tetragonal primitive vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{a}_1 & = & a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} \\ \mathbf{a}_2 & = & a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} \\ \mathbf{a}_3 & = & c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}\\ \end{array} \]

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(2a\right) & \text{U I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & =&\frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}& =&\frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}& \left(2a\right) & \text{U I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & =&x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 + x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}& =&x_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 + x_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}& \left(4g\right) & \text{Si} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & =&- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 - x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}& =&- x_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 - x_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}& \left(4g\right) & \text{Si} \\ \mathbf{B}_{5} & =&\left(\frac12 - x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}& =&\left(\frac12 - x_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ x_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}& \left(4g\right) & \text{Si} \\ \mathbf{B}_{6} & =&\left(\frac12 + x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}& =&\left(\frac12 + x_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- x_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}& \left(4g\right) & \text{Si} \\ \mathbf{B}_{7} & =&x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 + x_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&x_{3} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 + x_{3}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac12 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4h\right) & \text{U II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{8} & =&- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 - x_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&- x_{3} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 - x_{3}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac12 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4h\right) & \text{U II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{9} & =&\left(\frac12 - x_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\left(\frac12 - x_{3}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ x_{3} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac12 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4h\right) & \text{U II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{10} & =&\left(\frac12 + x_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\left(\frac12 + x_{3}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- x_{3} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac12 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4h\right) & \text{U II} \\ \end{array} \]

References

  • K. Remschnig, T. Le Bihan, H. Noël, and P. Rogl, Structural chemistry and magnetic behavior of binary uranium silicides, J. Solid State Chem. 97, 391–399 (1992), doi:10.1016/0022-4596(92)90048-Z.

Found in

  • P. Villars, K. Cenzual, R. Gladyshevskii, O. Shcherban, V. Dubenskyy, V. Kuprysyuk, I. Savesyuk, and R. Zaremba, Landolt–Börnstein – Group III Condensed Matter (Springer–Verlag GmbH, Heidelberg, 2012). Accessed through the Springer Materials site.

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