Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: A_hP3_152_a

  • 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)
  • D. Hicks, M. J. Mehl, E. Gossett, C. Toher, O. Levy, R. M. Hanson, G. L. W. Hart, and S. Curtarolo, The AFLOW Library of Crystallographic Prototypes: Part 2, Comp. Mat. Sci. 161, S1-S1011 (2019). (doi=10.1016/j.commatsci.2018.10.043)
  • 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)

$\gamma$–Se ($A8$) Structure: A_hP3_152_a

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Prototype : $\gamma$–Se
AFLOW prototype label : A_hP3_152_a
Strukturbericht designation : $A8$
Pearson symbol : hP3
Space group number : 152
Space group symbol : $\text{P3}_{1}\text{21}$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=A_hP3_152_a
--params=
$a$,$c/a$,$x_{1}$


Other compounds with this structure

  • Te, SeTe, Se3Te

  • (Donohue, 1982) refers to this as the $\alpha$–Se structure, calling what we note as $\alpha$–Se and $\beta$–Se as monoclinic $\alpha$ and monoclinic $\beta$, respectively. When $x = 1/3$ this reduces to the Ai ($\beta$–Po) or A10 ($\alpha$–Hg) structure. If, in addition, $c = \sqrt6 a$, then the structure becomes fcc (A1). On the other hand, if $c = \sqrt{3/2} a$, then the structure becomes simple cubic (Ah).

Trigonal Hexagonal primitive vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{a}_1 & = & \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} \\ \mathbf{a}_2 & = & \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} \\ \mathbf{a}_3 & = & c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}\\ \end{array} \]

Basis vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \text{Lattice Coordinates} & & \text{Cartesian Coordinates} &\text{Wyckoff Position} & \text{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B}_{1} & =& x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac13 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac12 \, x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - \frac{\sqrt3}2 \, x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} +\frac13 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(3a\right) & \text{Se} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & =& x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac23 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac12 \, x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{\sqrt3}2 \, x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} +\frac23 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(3a\right) & \text{Se} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & =& - x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} - x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}& =& - x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}& \left(3a\right) & \text{Se} \\ \end{array} \]

References

  • P. Cherin and P. Unger, The Crystal Structure of Trigonal Selenium, Inorg. Chem. 6, 1589–1591 (1967), doi:10.1021/ic50054a037.

Found in

  • J. Donohue, The Structure of the Elements (Robert E. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida, 1982)., pp. 370-372 (as $\alpha$-Se).

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