Nd$_{2}$Te$_{5}$ Structure: A2B5_oC28_63_2c_5c-001

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Prototype Nd$_{2}$Te$_{5}$
AFLOW prototype label A2B5_oC28_63_2c_5c-001
ICSD 646005
CCDC 1762051
Pearson symbol oC28
Space group number 63
Space group symbol $Cmcm$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=A2B5_oC28_63_2c_5c-001
--params=$a, \allowbreak b/a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak y_{1}, \allowbreak y_{2}, \allowbreak y_{3}, \allowbreak y_{4}, \allowbreak y_{5}, \allowbreak y_{6}, \allowbreak y_{7}$

Other compounds with this structure

Ce$_{2}$Te$_{5}$,  Dy$_{2}$Te$_{5}$,  Gd$_{2}$Te$_{5}$,  Ge$_{2}$Te$_{5}$,  Ho$_{2}$Te$_{5}$,  La$_{2}$Te$_{5}$,  Nd$_{2}$Te$_{5}$,  Pr$_{2}$Te$_{5}$,  Sm$_{2}$Te$_{5}$



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

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $- y_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+y_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $b y_{1} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) Nd I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $y_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- y_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- b y_{1} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{3}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) Nd I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $- y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $b y_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) Nd II
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- b y_{2} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{3}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) Nd II
$\mathbf{B_{5}}$ = $- y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $b y_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) Te I
$\mathbf{B_{6}}$ = $y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- y_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- b y_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{3}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) Te I
$\mathbf{B_{7}}$ = $- y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $b y_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) Te II
$\mathbf{B_{8}}$ = $y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- y_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- b y_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{3}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) Te II
$\mathbf{B_{9}}$ = $- y_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+y_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $b y_{5} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) Te III
$\mathbf{B_{10}}$ = $y_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- y_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- b y_{5} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{3}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) Te III
$\mathbf{B_{11}}$ = $- y_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+y_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $b y_{6} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) Te IV
$\mathbf{B_{12}}$ = $y_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- y_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- b y_{6} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{3}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) Te IV
$\mathbf{B_{13}}$ = $- y_{7} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+y_{7} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $b y_{7} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) Te V
$\mathbf{B_{14}}$ = $y_{7} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- y_{7} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- b y_{7} \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{3}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4c) Te V

References

  • M.-P. Pardo and J. Flahaut, Les tellurures L$_{2}$Te$_{5}$ des elements des terres rares, Comptes Rendus des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences, Série C: Sciences Chimiques 263, 1058–1060 (1966).

Found in

  • ICSD, Inorganic Crystal Structure Database. ID 24181.

First cited in

  • N. Anderson, M. J. Mehl, H. Eckert, S. Divilov, X. Campilongo, S. Curtarolo, The AFLOW Library of Crystallographic Prototypes: Part 5. Submitted to Computational Materials Science (2026).

Geometry files


Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=A2B5_oC28_63_2c_5c --params=$a,b/a,c/a,y_{1},y_{2},y_{3},y_{4},y_{5},y_{6},y_{7}$

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