Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: A_tP12_96_ab

  • 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)

ST12 Structure of Si: A_tP12_96_ab

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Prototype : Si
AFLOW prototype label : A_tP12_96_ab
Strukturbericht designation : None
Pearson symbol : tP12
Space group number : 96
Space group symbol : $\text{P4}_{3}\text{2}_{1}\text{2}$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=A_tP12_96_ab
--params=
$a$,$c/a$,$x_{1}$,$x_{2}$,$y_{2}$,$z_{2}$


  • This is a tetragonally bonded structure which packs more efficiently than diamond. It is seen experimentally in some silicon and germanium samples and is a staple for testing silicon potentials and first-principles calculations. The structure shown here is taken from the calculations in (Crain, 1994).

Simple Tetragonal primitive vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{a}_1 & = & a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} \\ \mathbf{a}_2 & = & a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} \\ \mathbf{a}_3 & = & c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}\\ \end{array} \]

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}+ x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}& =&x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}& \left(4a\right) & \text{Si I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & =&- x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac12 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&- x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- x_{1} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac12 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4a\right) & \text{Si I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & =&\left(\frac12 - x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 + x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac34 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\left(\frac12 - x_{1}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 + x_{1}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac34 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4a\right) & \text{Si I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & =&\left(\frac12 + x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 - x_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \frac14 \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\left(\frac12 + x_{1}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 - x_{1}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \frac14 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4a\right) & \text{Si I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{5} & =&x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&x_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ y_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ z_{2} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(8b\right) & \text{Si II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{6} & =&- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \left(\frac12 + z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&- x_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- y_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 + z_{2}\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(8b\right) & \text{Si II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{7} & =&\left(\frac12 - y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 + x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \left(\frac34 + z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\left(\frac12 - y_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 + x_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac34 + z_{2}\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(8b\right) & \text{Si II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{8} & =&\left(\frac12 + y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 - x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \left(\frac14 + z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\left(\frac12 + y_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 - x_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac14 + z_{2}\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(8b\right) & \text{Si II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{9} & =&\left(\frac12 - x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 + y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \left(\frac34 - z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\left(\frac12 - x_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 + y_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac34 - z_{2}\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(8b\right) & \text{Si II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{10} & =&\left(\frac12 + x_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \left(\frac12 - y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \left(\frac14 - z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\left(\frac12 + x_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 - y_{2}\right) \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac14 - z_{2}\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(8b\right) & \text{Si II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{11} & =&y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&y_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ x_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}- z_{2} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(8b\right) & \text{Si II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{12} & =&- y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1}- x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ \left(\frac12 - z_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&- y_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}- x_{2} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ \left(\frac12 - z_{2}\right) \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(8b\right) & \text{Si II} \\ \end{array} \]

References

  • J. Crain, S. J. Clark, G. J. Ackland, M. C. Payne, V. Milman, P. D. Hatton, and B. J. Reid, Theoretical study of high–density phases of covalent semiconductors. I. textitAb initio treatment, Phys. Rev. B 49, 5329–5340 (1994), doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.49.5329.J. Crain, S. J. Clark, G. J. Ackland, M. C. Payne, V. Milman, P. D. Hatton, and B. J. Reid, Theoretical study of high–density phases of covalent semiconductors. I. Ab initio treatment, Phys. Rev. B 49, 5329–5340 (1994),

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