Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: AB_tP16_84_cej_k

  • 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)

PdS ($B34$) Structure: AB_tP16_84_cej_k

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Prototype : PdS
AFLOW prototype label : AB_tP16_84_cej_k
Strukturbericht designation : $B34$
Pearson symbol : tP16
Space group number : 84
Space group symbol : $\text{P4}_{2}\text{/m}$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=AB_tP16_84_cej_k
--params=
$a$,$c/a$,$x_{3}$,$y_{3}$,$x_{4}$,$y_{4}$,$z_{4}$


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} & =& \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}& =& \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}& \left(2c\right) & \text{Pd I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & =& \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac12 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2c\right) & \text{Pd I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & =& \frac14 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac14 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2e\right) & \text{Pd II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & =& \frac34 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac34 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2e\right) & \text{Pd II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{5} & =&x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}& =&x_{3} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ y_{3} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}& \left(4j\right) & \text{Pd III} \\ \mathbf{B}_{6} & =&- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}& =&- x_{3} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- y_{3} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}& \left(4j\right) & \text{Pd III} \\ \mathbf{B}_{7} & =&- y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&- y_{3} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ x_{3} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac12 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4j\right) & \text{Pd III} \\ \mathbf{B}_{8} & =&y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&y_{3} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- x_{3} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac12 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4j\right) & \text{Pd III} \\ \mathbf{B}_{9} & =&x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&x_{4} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ y_{4} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ z_{4} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(8k\right) & \text{S} \\ \mathbf{B}_{10} & =&- x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&- x_{4} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- y_{4} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ z_{4} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(8k\right) & \text{S} \\ \mathbf{B}_{11} & =&- y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \left(\frac12 + z_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&- y_{4} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ x_{4} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 + z_{4}\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(8k\right) & \text{S} \\ \mathbf{B}_{12} & =&y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \left(\frac12 + z_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&y_{4} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- x_{4} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 + z_{4}\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(8k\right) & \text{S} \\ \mathbf{B}_{13} & =&- x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&- x_{4} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- y_{4} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}- z_{4} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(8k\right) & \text{S} \\ \mathbf{B}_{14} & =&x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&x_{4} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ y_{4} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}- z_{4} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(8k\right) & \text{S} \\ \mathbf{B}_{15} & =&y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \left(\frac12 - z_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&y_{4} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- x_{4} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 - z_{4}\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(8k\right) & \text{S} \\ \mathbf{B}_{16} & =&- y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \left(\frac12 - z_{4}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&- y_{4} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ x_{4} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 - z_{4}\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(8k\right) & \text{S} \\ \end{array} \]

References

  • N. E. Brese, P. J. Squattrito, and J. A. Ibers, Reinvestigation of the structure of PdS, Acta Crystallogr. C 41, 1829–1830 (1985), doi:10.1107/S0108270185009623.

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