Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: A_hP6_194_h

  • 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)

Hypothetical Tetrahedrally Bonded Carbon with 3–Member Rings: A_hP6_194_h

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Prototype : C
AFLOW prototype label : A_hP6_194_h
Strukturbericht designation : None
Pearson symbol : hP6
Space group number : 194
Space group symbol : $\text{P6}_{3}\text{/mmc}$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=A_hP6_194_h
--params=
$a$,$c/a$,$x_{1}$


  • This structure was proposed in (Schultz, 1999) to show that it was energetically possible to form three-member rings in amorphous sp$^{3}$ carbon structures.

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:

\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \text{Lattice Coordinates} & & \text{Cartesian Coordinates} &\text{Wyckoff Position} & \text{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B}_{1}& = &x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ 2 \, x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac14 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\frac32 \, x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac{\sqrt3}{2} \, x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac14 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(6h\right) & \text{C} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2}& = &- 2 \, x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac14 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &- \frac32 \, x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac{\sqrt3}{2} \, x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac14 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(6h\right) & \text{C} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3}& = &x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac14 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &- \sqrt3 \, x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac14 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(6h\right) & \text{C} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4}& = &- x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- 2 \, x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac34 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &- \frac32 \, x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac{\sqrt3}{2} \, x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac34 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(6h\right) & \text{C} \\ \mathbf{B}_{5}& = &2 \, x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac34 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &\frac32 \, x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac{\sqrt3}{2} \, x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac34 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(6h\right) & \text{C} \\ \mathbf{B}_{6}& = &- x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac34 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& = &+ \sqrt3 \, x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac34 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(6h\right) & \text{C} \\ \end{array} \]

References

  • P. A. Schultz, K. Leung, and E. B. Stechel, Small rings and amorphous tetrahedral carbon, Phys. Rev. B 59, 733–741 (1999), doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.59.733.

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