Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

AFLOW Prototype: AB2C_cF16_225_a_c_b

  • 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)

Heusler ($L2_{1}$) Structure: AB2C_cF16_225_a_c_b

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Prototype : AlCu2Mn
AFLOW prototype label : AB2C_cF16_225_a_c_b
Strukturbericht designation : $L2_{1}$
Pearson symbol : cF16
Space group number : 225
Space group symbol : $\text{Fm}\bar{3}\text{m}$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=AB2C_cF16_225_a_c_b
--params=
$a$


Other compounds with this structure

  • AlNi2Ti, AlNi2Hf

  • All of the atoms are located on the sites of a body-centered cubic lattice. If we replace the Mn atom by another copper atom, the structure reduces to the crystallographically equivalent D03 lattice. Also see the C1b half–Heusler structure.

Face-centered Cubic primitive vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{a}_1 & = & \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} \\ \mathbf{a}_2 & = & \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}} \\ \mathbf{a}_3 & = & \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} \\ \end{array} \]

Basis vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \text{Lattice Coordinates} & & \text{Cartesian Coordinates} &\text{Wyckoff Position} & \text{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B_1} & = & 0 \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + 0 \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + 0 \, \mathbf{a}_{3} & = & 0 \mathbf{\hat{x}} + 0 \mathbf{\hat{y}} + 0 \mathbf{\hat{z}} & \left(4a\right) & \text{Al} \\ \mathbf{B_2} & =& \frac12 \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac12 \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac12\mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac12 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(4b\right) & \text{Mn} \\ \mathbf{B_3} & =& \frac14 \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac14 \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac14\mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac14 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac14 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac14 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(8c\right) & \text{Cu} \\ \mathbf{B_4} & =& \frac34 \mathbf{a}_{1} + \frac34 \mathbf{a}_{2} + \frac34\mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \frac34 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + \frac34 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} + \frac34 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(8c\right) & \text{Cu} \\ \end{array} \]

References

  • A. J. Bradley and J. W. Rodgers, The Crystal Structure of Heusler Alloys, Proc. R. Soc. A Math. Phys. Eng. Sci. 144, 340–359 (1934), doi:10.1098/rspa.1934.0053.

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