Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: AB2C2_tI10_139_a_d_e-002

This structure originally had the label AB2C2_tI10_139_a_d_e.Li2CN2. Calls to that address will be redirected here.

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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)

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Li$_{2}$CN$_{2}$ Structure: AB2C2_tI10_139_a_d_e-002

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Prototype CLi$_{2}$N$_{2}$
AFLOW prototype label AB2C2_tI10_139_a_d_e-002
ICSD 200369
Pearson symbol tI10
Space group number 139
Space group symbol $I4/mmm$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=AB2C2_tI10_139_a_d_e-002
--params=$a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak z_{3}$


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

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $0$ = $0$ (2a) C I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4d) Li I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{x}}+\frac{1}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4d) Li I
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}$ = $c z_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4e) N I
$\mathbf{B_{5}}$ = $- z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}$ = $- c z_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4e) N I

References

  • M. G. Down, M. J. Haley, P. Hubberstey, R. J. Pulham, and A. E. Thunder, Solutions of lithium salts in liquid lithium: preparation and X-ray crystal structure of the dilithium salt of carbodi-imide (cyanamide), Dalton Trans. 1978, 1407–1411 (1978), doi:10.1039/DT9780001407.

Found in

  • A. Jain, S. P. Ong, G. Hautier, W. Chen, W. D. Richards, S. Dacek, S. Cholia, D. Gunter, D. Skinner, G. Ceder, and K. A. Persson, {Commentary: The Materials Project: A materials genome approach to accelerating materials innovation}, APL Materials 1, 011002 (2013), doi:10.1063/1.4812323.

Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=AB2C2_tI10_139_a_d_e --params=$a,c/a,z_{3}$

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