Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: AB2C_tI8_119_c_e_a-001

This structure originally had the label AB2C_tI8_119_c_e_a. 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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Tetragonal TlFeS$_{2}$ Structure: AB2C_tI8_119_c_e_a-001

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Prototype FeS$_{2}$Tl
AFLOW prototype label AB2C_tI8_119_c_e_a-001
ICSD 150822
Pearson symbol tI8
Space group number 119
Space group symbol $I\overline{4}m2$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=AB2C_tI8_119_c_e_a-001
--params=$a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak z_{3}$

Other compounds with this structure

CsFeSe$_{2}$,  KFeSe$_{2}$,  RbFeSe$_{2}$,  TlAgTe$_{2}$,  TlFeSe$_{2}$


  • This is the high-temperature form of TlFeS$_{2}$/TlFeSe$_{2}$, formed above 300$^\circ$C. Below that temperature it transforms into the monoclinic TlFeSe$_{2}$ structure.

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

Basis vectors

Lattice coordinates Cartesian coordinates Wyckoff position Atom type
$\mathbf{B_{1}}$ = $0$ = $0$ (2a) Tl I
$\mathbf{B_{2}}$ = $\frac{3}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+\frac{1}{4} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+\frac{1}{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}$ = $\frac{1}{2}a \,\mathbf{\hat{y}}+\frac{1}{4}c \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (2c) Fe I
$\mathbf{B_{3}}$ = $z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}$ = $c z_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4e) S I
$\mathbf{B_{4}}$ = $- z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}$ = $- c z_{3} \,\mathbf{\hat{z}}$ (4e) S I

References

  • A. Kutoglu, Synthese und Kristallstrukturen von TlFeS$_{2}$ und TlFeSe$_{2}$, Naturwissenschaften 61, 125–126 (1974), doi:10.1007/BF00606283.

Found in

  • E. B. Asgerov, A. I. Madadzada, A. I. Beskrovnyy, D. I. Ismayilov, R. N. Mehdieva, S. H. Jabarov, E. M. Kerimova, and D. Neov, Neutron-Diffraction Study in TlFeS$_{2}$ and TlFeSe$_{2}$ at Low Temperatures, J Surf. Invest. 8, 1193–1197 (2014), doi:10.1134/S1027451014060238.

Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=AB2C_tI8_119_c_e_a --params=$a,c/a,z_{3}$

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