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AFLOW Prototype: A3B_hP4_191_bc_a-001

This structure originally had the label A3B_hP4_191_bc_a. Calls to that address will be redirected here.

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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)

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Li$_{3}$N Structure: A3B_hP4_191_bc_a-001

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Prototype Li$_{3}$N
AFLOW prototype label A3B_hP4_191_bc_a-001
ICSD 95939
Pearson symbol hP4
Space group number 191
Space group symbol $P6/mmm$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=A3B_hP4_191_bc_a-001
--params=$a, \allowbreak c/a$

\[ \begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{a_{1}}&=&\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}\\\mathbf{a_{2}}&=&\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}\\\mathbf{a_{3}}&=&c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}} \end{array}\]

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $0$ = $0$ (1a) N I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (1b) Li I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $\frac{1}{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{2}{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}$ (2c) Li II
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $\frac{2}{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- \frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}$ (2c) Li II

References

  • D. H. Gregory, P. M. O'Meara, A. G. Gordon, J. P. Hodges, S. Short, and J. D. Jorgensen, Structure of Lithium Nitride and Transition-Metal-Doped Derivatives, Li$_{3-x-y}$M$_x$N (M = Ni, Cu):  A Powder Neutron Diffraction Study, Chem. Mater. 14, 2063–2070 (2002), doi:10.1021/cm010718t.

Found in

  • P. Villars, K. Cenzual, J. Daams, R. Gladyshevskii, O. Shcherban, V. Dubenskyy, N. Melnichenko-Koblyuk, O. Pavlyuk, I. Savysyuk, S. Stoyko, and L. Sysa, Structure Types. Part 3: Space Groups (194)P6$_{3}$/mmc-(190)P-62c$\cdot$Li$_{3}$N (2006). Landolt-Börnstein - Group III Condensed Matter 43A6 (Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg).

Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=A3B_hP4_191_bc_a --params=$a,c/a$

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