Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: A_tP4_136_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)

$\gamma$–N Structure: A_tP4_136_f

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Prototype : $\gamma$–N
AFLOW prototype label : A_tP4_136_f
Strukturbericht designation : None
Pearson symbol : tP4
Space group number : 136
Space group symbol : $\text{P4}_{2}\text{/mnm}$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=A_tP4_136_f
--params=
$a$,$c/a$,$x_{1}$


Simple Tetragonal primitive vectors:

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

Basis vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \text{Lattice Coordinates} & & \text{Cartesian Coordinates} &\text{Wyckoff Position} & \text{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B}_{1} & =&x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}& =&x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}& \left(4f\right) & \text{N} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & =&- x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}& =&- x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}& \left(4f\right) & \text{N} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & =&\left(\frac12 - x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 + x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\left(\frac12 - x_{1}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 + x_{1}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac12 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4f\right) & \text{N} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & =&\left(\frac12 + x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 - x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\left(\frac12 + x_{1}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 - x_{1}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac12 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4f\right) & \text{N} \\ \end{array} \]

References

Found in

  • J. Donohue, The Structure of the Elements (Robert E. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida, 1982)., pp. 207-208.

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