Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: ABC_hP6_194_c_d_a-001

This structure originally had the label ABC_hP6_194_c_d_a. 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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LiBC Structure: ABC_hP6_194_c_d_a-001

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Prototype BCLi
AFLOW prototype label ABC_hP6_194_c_d_a-001
ICSD 78731
Pearson symbol hP6
Space group number 194
Space group symbol $P6_3/mmc$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=ABC_hP6_194_c_d_a-001
--params=$a, \allowbreak c/a$

Other compounds with this structure

ZrBeSi,  EuAuAs


  • This is the parent of the Li$_{1-x}$BC Structure

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

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $0$ = $0$ (2a) Li I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2a) Li I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $\frac{1}{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{2}{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2c) B I
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $\frac{2}{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{3}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2c) B I
$\mathbf{B_{5}}$ = $\frac{1}{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{2}{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{3}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2d) C I
$\mathbf{B_{6}}$ = $\frac{2}{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2d) C I

References

  • M. Wörle, R. Nesper, G. Mair, M. Schwarz, and H. G. V. Schnering, LiBC – ein vollständig interkalierter Heterographit, Z. Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie 621, 1153–1159 (1995), doi:10.1002/zaac.19956210707.

Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=ABC_hP6_194_c_d_a --params=$a,c/a$

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