Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: A3B_hR4_160_b_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)

H3S (130 GPa) Structure: A3B_hR4_160_b_a

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Prototype : H3S
AFLOW prototype label : A3B_hR4_160_b_a
Strukturbericht designation : None
Pearson symbol : hR4
Space group number : 160
Space group symbol : $R3m$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=A3B_hR4_160_b_a [--hex]
--params=
$a$,$c/a$,$x_{1}$,$x_{2}$,$z_{2}$


  • This structure was found by first-principles electronic structure calculations and is predicted to be the stable structure of H3S for pressures between 90 and 150 GPa. When $c/a \rightarrow \sqrt{8}$, $x_{2} \rightarrow 1/2$ and $z_{2} \rightarrow 0$ this structure continuously evolves into the cubic 200 GPa H3S Structure. The data presented here was computed at 130 GPa.

Rhombohedral primitive vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{a}_1 & = & ~ \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - \frac{1}{2\sqrt{3}} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac13 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} \\ \mathbf{a}_2 & = & \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac13 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} \\ \mathbf{a}_3 & = & - \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} - \frac{1}{2\sqrt{3}} \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac13 \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} \\ \end{array} \]

Basis vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \text{Lattice Coordinates} & & \text{Cartesian Coordinates} &\text{Wyckoff Position} & \text{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B}_{1} & = & x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & x_{1}c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(1a\right) & \text{S} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & = & x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \frac{1}{2}\left(x_{2}-z_{2}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{1}{2\sqrt{3}}\left(x_{2}-z_{2}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \left(\frac{2}{3}x_{2}+\frac{1}{3}z_{2}\right)c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(3b\right) & \text{H} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & = & z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \frac{1}{2}\left(-x_{2}+z_{2}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac{1}{2\sqrt{3}}\left(x_{2}-z_{2}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \left(\frac{2}{3}x_{2}+\frac{1}{3}z_{2}\right)c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(3b\right) & \text{H} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & = & x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\left(-x_{2}+z_{2}\right)a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \left(\frac{2}{3}x_{2}+\frac{1}{3}z_{2}\right)c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(3b\right) & \text{H} \\ \end{array} \]

References

  • D. Duan, Y. Liu, F. Tian, D. Li, X. Huang, Z. Zhao, H. Yu, B. Liu, W. Tian, and T. Cui, Pressure–induced metallization of dense (H2S)2H2 with high–Tc superconductivity, Sci. Rep. 4, 6968 (2014), doi:10.1038/srep06968.

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