Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: A3B_hP12_191_gl_f

  • 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)

Hexagonal WO3 Structure : A3B_hP12_191_gl_f

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Prototype : O3W
AFLOW prototype label : A3B_hP12_191_gl_f
Strukturbericht designation : None
Pearson symbol : hP12
Space group number : 191
Space group symbol : $P6/mmm$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=A3B_hP12_191_gl_f
--params=
$a$,$c/a$,$x_{3}$



Hexagonal primitive vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{a}_1 & = & \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - \frac{\sqrt3}2 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} \\ \mathbf{a}_2 & = & \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{\sqrt3}2 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} \\ \mathbf{a}_3 & = & c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} \\ \end{array} \]

Basis vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \text{Lattice Coordinates} & & \text{Cartesian Coordinates} &\text{Wyckoff Position} & \text{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B}_{1} & = & \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} & = & \frac{1}{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(3f\right) & \text{W} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & = & \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & \frac{1}{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(3f\right) & \text{W} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & = & \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & \frac{1}{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} & \left(3f\right) & \text{W} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & = & \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \frac{1}{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac{1}{2}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(3g\right) & \text{O I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{5} & = & \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \frac{1}{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{\sqrt{3}}{4}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac{1}{2}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(3g\right) & \text{O I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{6} & = & \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \frac{1}{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{1}{2}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(3g\right) & \text{O I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{7} & = & x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + 2x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & \frac{3}{2}x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(6l\right) & \text{O II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{8} & = & -2x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}-x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & -\frac{3}{2}x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(6l\right) & \text{O II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{9} & = & x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}-x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & -\sqrt{3}x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(6l\right) & \text{O II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{10} & = & -x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}-2x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & -\frac{3}{2}x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(6l\right) & \text{O II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{11} & = & 2x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & \frac{3}{2}x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(6l\right) & \text{O II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{12} & = & -x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & \sqrt{3}x_{3}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} & \left(6l\right) & \text{O II} \\ \end{array} \]

References

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  • R. Diehl, G. Brandt, and E. Salje, The Crystal Structure of Triclinic WO3, Acta Crystallogr. Sect. B Struct. Sci. 34, 1105–1111 (1978), doi:10.1107/S0567740878005014.
  • H. Bräkken, Die Kristallstrukturen der Trioxyde von Chrom, Molybdän und Wolfram, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie – Crystalline Materials 78, 484–488 (1931), doi:10.1524/zkri.1931.78.1.484.
  • C. Hermann, O. Lohrmann, and H. Philipp, eds., Strukturbericht Band II 1928–1932 (Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M. B. H., Leipzig, 1937).
  • B. Gerand, G. Nowogrocki, J. Guenot, and M. Figlarz, Structural study of a new hexagonal form of tungsten trioxide, J. Solid State Chem. 29, 429–434 (1979), doi:10.1016/0022-4596(79)90199-3.

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