Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: AB8C2_tP11_123_a_ehi_g-003

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Ho$_{2}$CoGa$_{8}$ Structure: AB8C2_tP11_123_a_ehi_g-003

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Prototype CoGa$_{8}$Ho$_{2}$
AFLOW prototype label AB8C2_tP11_123_a_ehi_g-003
ICSD 198243
Pearson symbol tP11
Space group number 123
Space group symbol $P4/mmm$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=AB8C2_tP11_123_a_ehi_g-003
--params=$a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak z_{3}, \allowbreak z_{4}, \allowbreak z_{5}$

Other compounds with this structure

Ce$_{2}$PdIn$_{8}$,  Ce$_{2}$PtIn$_{8}$,  Ho$_{2}$DyGa$_{8}$,  Ho$_{2}$ErGa$_{8}$,  Ho$_{2}$GdGa$_{8}$,  Ho$_{2}$LuGa$_{8}$,  Ho$_{2}$SmGa$_{8}$,  Ho$_{2}$TbGa$_{8}$,  Ho$_{2}$TmGa$_{8}$,  Ho$_{2}$YGa$_{8}$


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

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $0$ = $0$ (1a) Co I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2e) Ga I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2e) Ga I
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $c z_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2g) Ho I
$\mathbf{B_{5}}$ = $- z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- c z_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2g) Ho I
$\mathbf{B_{6}}$ = $\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c z_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2h) Ga II
$\mathbf{B_{7}}$ = $\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- c z_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2h) Ga II
$\mathbf{B_{8}}$ = $\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+z_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+c z_{5} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4i) Ga III
$\mathbf{B_{9}}$ = $\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+z_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+c z_{5} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4i) Ga III
$\mathbf{B_{10}}$ = $\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}- c z_{5} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4i) Ga III
$\mathbf{B_{11}}$ = $\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- z_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}- c z_{5} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4i) Ga III

References

  • Y. N. Grin', Y. P. Yarmolyuk, and E. I. Gladyshevskiia, Crystal structures of R$_{2}$CoGa$_{a}$ compounds (R= Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Er, Tm, Lu, Y) and RCoGa$_{5}$ compounds (R = Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er,Tm, Lu, or Y), Sov. Phys. Crystallogr. 24, 137–139 (1976). Translated from Kristallografiya 24, 242 (1979).

Found in

  • M. Kratochvilova, M. Dusek, K. Uhlirova, A. Rudajevova, J. Prokleska, B. Vondrackova, J. Custers, and V. Sechovsky, Single crystal study of the layered heavy fermion compounds Ce$_{2}$PdIn$_{8}$, Ce$_{3}$PdIn$_{11}$, Ce$_{2}$PtIn$_{8}$ and Ce$_{3}$PtIn$_{11}$, J. Cryst. Growth 397, 47–52 (2014), doi:10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2014.04.008.

Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=AB8C2_tP11_123_a_ehi_g --params=$a,c/a,z_{3},z_{4},z_{5}$

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