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AFLOW Prototype: A2B3C7D_oP13_47_k_cj_aijl_f-001

This structure originally had the label A2B3C7D_oP13_47_t_aq_eqrs_h. 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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1212C [YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-x}$] High-$T_{c}$ Structure: A2B3C7D_oP13_47_k_cj_aijl_f-001

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Prototype Ba$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-x}$Y
AFLOW prototype label A2B3C7D_oP13_47_k_cj_aijl_f-001
ICSD 62943
Pearson symbol oP13
Space group number 47
Space group symbol $Pmmm$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=A2B3C7D_oP13_47_k_cj_aijl_f-001
--params=$a, \allowbreak b/a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak x_{4}, \allowbreak x_{5}, \allowbreak x_{6}, \allowbreak x_{7}, \allowbreak x_{8}$

Other compounds with this structure

GaSr$_{2}$(Y,  Ca)Cu$_{2}$O$_{7}$,  DyBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7-x}$


  • The designation 1212C is from (Shaked, 1994). We will assume that the oxygen concentration is exactly 7. In experiment the O (2s) site is 92% occupied.

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

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $0$ = $0$ (1a) O I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (1c) Cu I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{2}b \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}$ (1f) Y I
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}$ = $a x_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}$ (2i) O II
$\mathbf{B_{5}}$ = $- x_{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}$ = $- a x_{4} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}$ (2i) O II
$\mathbf{B_{6}}$ = $x_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a x_{5} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2j) Cu II
$\mathbf{B_{7}}$ = $- x_{5} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a x_{5} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2j) Cu II
$\mathbf{B_{8}}$ = $x_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a x_{6} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2j) O III
$\mathbf{B_{9}}$ = $- x_{6} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a x_{6} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2j) O III
$\mathbf{B_{10}}$ = $x_{7} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}$ = $a x_{7} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{2}b \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}$ (2k) Ba I
$\mathbf{B_{11}}$ = $- x_{7} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}$ = $- a x_{7} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{2}b \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}$ (2k) Ba I
$\mathbf{B_{12}}$ = $x_{8} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $a x_{8} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{2}b \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2l) O IV
$\mathbf{B_{13}}$ = $- x_{8} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $- a x_{8} \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{2}b \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{2}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2l) O IV

References

  • W. I. F. David, W. T. A. Harrison, J. M. F. Gunn, A. K. S. O. Moze, P. Day, J. D. Jorgensen, D. G. Hinks, M. A. Beno, L. Soderholm, D. W. C. Ii, I. K. Schuller, C. U. Segre, K. Zhang, and J. D. Grace, Structure and crystal chemistry of the high-Tc superconductor YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-x}$, Nature 327, 310–312 (1987), doi:10.1038/327310a0.
  • H. Shaked, P. M. Keane, J. C. Rodrigues, F. F. Owen, R. L. Hitterman, and J. D. Jorgensen, Crystal Structures of the High-T$_c$ Superconducting Copper Oxides, Elsevier Science B. V., Amsterdam (1994).

Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=A2B3C7D_oP13_47_k_cj_aijl_f --params=$a,b/a,c/a,x_{4},x_{5},x_{6},x_{7},x_{8}$

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