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AFLOW Prototype: AB4C_oC24_36_a_4a_a-002

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BaZnF$_{4}$ Structure: AB4C_oC24_36_a_4a_a-002

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Prototype BaF$_{4}$Zn
AFLOW prototype label AB4C_oC24_36_a_4a_a-002
ICSD 402925
Pearson symbol oC24
Space group number 36
Space group symbol $Cmc2_1$
AFLOW prototype command aflow --proto=AB4C_oC24_36_a_4a_a-002
--params=$a, \allowbreak b/a, \allowbreak c/a, \allowbreak y_{1}, \allowbreak z_{1}, \allowbreak y_{2}, \allowbreak z_{2}, \allowbreak y_{3}, \allowbreak z_{3}, \allowbreak y_{4}, \allowbreak z_{4}, \allowbreak y_{5}, \allowbreak z_{5}, \allowbreak y_{6}, \allowbreak z_{6}$

Other compounds with this structure

BaCoF$_{4}$,  BaFeF$_{4}$,  BaMgF$_{4}$,  BaNiF$_{4}$,  LaTaO$_{4}$,  NaOsO$_{4}$


  • We use the data from (Lapasset, 1996) taken at 295K.
  • Space group $Cmc2_{1}$ #36 allows an arbitrary choice of the origin of the $z$-axis. Here we set $z_{6} = 0$ for the zinc (2a) site.

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

Basis vectors

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

References

  • J. Lapasset, H. N. Bordallo, R. Almairac, and J. Nouet, Redetermination of the crystal structure of barium tetrafluorozincate, BaZnF$_{4}$, at 295 K and 113 K, Z. Krystallogr. 211, 934–935 (1996), doi:10.1524/zkri.1996.211.12.934.

Found in

  • E. G. VĂ­llora, K. Shimamura, F. Jing, A. Medvedev, S. Takekawa, and K. Kitamura, Ferroelectric and optical properties of single crystal BaZnF$_{4}$, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 192909 (2007), doi:10.1063/1.2737365.

Prototype Generator

aflow --proto=AB4C_oC24_36_a_4a_a --params=$a,b/a,c/a,y_{1},z_{1},y_{2},z_{2},y_{3},z_{3},y_{4},z_{4},y_{5},z_{5},y_{6},z_{6}$

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