Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: AB3_tI16_140_b_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)

SiU3 ($D0_{c}$) Structure: AB3_tI16_140_b_ah

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Prototype : SiU3
AFLOW prototype label : AB3_tI16_140_b_ah
Strukturbericht designation : $D0_{c}$
Pearson symbol : tI16
Space group number : 140
Space group symbol : $\text{I4/mcm}$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=AB3_tI16_140_b_ah
--params=
$a$,$c/a$,$x_{3}$


Other compounds with this structure

  • AlPt3, GaPt3, Pt3Si, GePt3, Ir3Si

  • When $c = \sqrt2 a$ and $x_{3} = 1/4$ the atoms are at the positions of the Cu3Au (L12) structure. Many references define both a D0c and a D0'$_{c}$ (Ir3Si) structure. The primary difference seems to be positioning the Si atoms on the ($2a$) or ($2b$) sites. Since this is merely an origin shift we will ignore the D0'$_{c}$ structure.

Body-centered Tetragonal primitive vectors:

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

Basis vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \text{Lattice Coordinates} & & \text{Cartesian Coordinates} &\text{Wyckoff Position} & \text{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B}_{1} & =& \frac14 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac14 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}& =& \frac14 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4a\right) & \text{U I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & =& \frac34 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac34 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}& =& \frac34 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4a\right) & \text{U I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & =&\frac34 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac14 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac12 \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac14 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4b\right) & \text{Si} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & =&\frac14 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac34 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac14 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4b\right) & \text{Si} \\ \mathbf{B}_{5} & =& \left(\frac12 + x_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac12 + 2 x_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& x_{3} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac12 + x_{3}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}& \left(8h\right) & \text{U II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{6} & =& \left(\frac12 - x_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1} - x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \left(\frac12 - 2 x_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& - x_{3} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \left(\frac12 - x_{3}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}& \left(8h\right) & \text{U II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{7} & =& x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac12 - x_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \left(\frac12 - x_{3}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + x_{3} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}& \left(8h\right) & \text{U II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{8} & =& - x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac12 + x_{3}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \left(\frac12 + x_{3}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - x_{3} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}& \left(8h\right) & \text{U II} \\ \end{array} \]

References

  • W. H. Zachariasen, Crystal chemical studies of the 5f–series of elements. VIII. Crystal structure studies of uranium silicides and of CeSi2, NpSi2, and PuSi2, Acta Cryst. 2, 94–99 (1949), doi:10.1107/S0365110X49000217.

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