Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: AB_cI16_217_c_c

  • 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)

AlN (cI16) Structure : AB_cI16_217_c_c

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Prototype : AlN
AFLOW prototype label : AB_cI16_217_c_c
Strukturbericht designation : None
Pearson symbol : cI16
Space group number : 217
Space group symbol : $I\bar{4}3m$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=AB_cI16_217_c_c
--params=
$a$,$x_{1}$,$x_{2}$



Body-centered Cubic primitive vectors:

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

Basis vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \text{Lattice Coordinates} & & \text{Cartesian Coordinates} &\text{Wyckoff Position} & \text{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B}_{1} & = & 2x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + 2x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + 2x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & x_{1}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + x_{1}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + x_{1}a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8c\right) & \text{Al} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & = & -2x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & -x_{1}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-x_{1}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + x_{1}a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8c\right) & \text{Al} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & = & -2x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & -x_{1}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + x_{1}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}-x_{1}a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8c\right) & \text{Al} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & = & -2x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} & = & x_{1}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-x_{1}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}-x_{1}a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8c\right) & \text{Al} \\ \mathbf{B}_{5} & = & 2x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + 2x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + 2x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & x_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + x_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + x_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8c\right) & \text{N} \\ \mathbf{B}_{6} & = & -2x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & -x_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-x_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + x_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8c\right) & \text{N} \\ \mathbf{B}_{7} & = & -2x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} & = & -x_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + x_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}-x_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8c\right) & \text{N} \\ \mathbf{B}_{8} & = & -2x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} & = & x_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}-x_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}-x_{2}a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(8c\right) & \text{N} \\ \end{array} \]

References

  • C. Liu, M. Chen, J. Li, L. Liu, P. Li, M. Ma, C. Shao, J. He, and T. Liang, A first–principles study of novel cubic AlN phases, J. Phys. Chem. Solids 130, 58–66 (2019), doi:10.1016/j.jpcs.2019.02.009.

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