High–pressure Te Structure: A_mP4_4_2a
| Prototype | : | Te |
| AFLOW prototype label | : | A_mP4_4_2a |
| Strukturbericht designation | : | None |
| Pearson symbol | : | mP4 |
| Space group number | : | 4 |
| Space group symbol | : | $\mbox{P2}_{1}$ |
| AFLOW prototype command | : | aflow --proto=A_mP4_4_2a --params=$a,b/a,c/a,\beta,x_{1},y_{1},z_{1},x_{2},y_{2},z_{2}$ |
- This is a high-pressure phase of Te, stable in the 4-7 GPa range. The ground state of Te appears to be $\gamma$–Se (A8).
Simple Monoclinic primitive vectors:
\[
\begin{array}{ccc}
\mathbf{a}_1 & = & a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} \\
\mathbf{a}_2 & = & b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} \\
\mathbf{a}_3 & = & c \cos\beta \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} + c \sin\beta \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}
\end{array}
\]
Basis vectors:
\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \mbox{Lattice Coordinates} & & \mbox{Cartesian Coordinates} &\mbox{Wyckoff Position} & \mbox{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B}_{1} & =& x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + y_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \left(x_{1} \, a + z_{1} \, c \, \cos\beta\right) \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ y_{1} \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ z_{1} \, c \, \sin\beta \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2a\right) & \mbox{Te I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & =& - x_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac12 + y_{1}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} - z_{1} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& - \left(x_{1} \, a + z_{1} \, c \, \cos\beta\right) \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 + y_{1}\right) \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}- z_{1} \, c \, \sin\beta \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2a\right) & \mbox{Te I} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & =& x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + y_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{2} + z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& \left(x_{2} \, a + z_{2} \, c \, \cos\beta\right) \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ y_{2} \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ z_{2} \, c \, \sin\beta \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2a\right) & \mbox{Te II} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & =& - x_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{1} + \left(\frac12 + y_{2}\right) \, \mathbf{a}_{2} - z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =& - \left(x_{2} \, a + z_{2} \, c \, \cos\beta\right) \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \left(\frac12 + y_{2}\right) \, b \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}- z_{2} \, c \, \sin\beta \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2a\right) & \mbox{Te II} \\ \end{array} \]References
- K. Aoki, O. Shimomura, and S. Minomura, Crystal Structure of the High–Pressure Phase of Tellurium, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 48, 551–556 (1980), doi:10.1143/JPSJ.48.551.