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ZnCu8

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm002335366 · Space group: I4/mmm (#139)

Basic Information

Formula
ZnCu8
Alex-ID
agm002335366
Elements
2
Sites
9
Space group
I4/mmm (#139)
Crystal system
tetragonal
Volume
109.37
ų
Cell a
3.6540
Å
Cell b
5.7729
Å
Cell c
5.7729
Å
α angle
84.19
°
β angle
71.38
°
γ angle
71.38
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
ZnCu8
Zn
1.00 · 11.1%
Cu
8.00 · 88.9%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0434
eV/atom
Formation energy
0.0296
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-34.2910
eV
Raw total energy
-34.2910
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0523
eV
DOS at Fermi level
3.4069
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB8_5_spg139

Decomposition

Zn8Cu5 Cu

Computed at

2019-02-08 05:29:48

Citation

Alexandria website
https://alexandria.icams.rub.de/
Attribution

The crystal structure and related material properties of this entry were obtained from the Alexandria database (Alex-ID: agm002335366).

Reference

Th. Cavignac, J. Schmidt, P.-P. De Breuck, A. Loew, T. F. T. Cerqueira, H.-C. Wang, A. Bochkarev, Y. Lysogorskiy, A. H. Romero, R. Drautz, S. Botti and M. A. L. Marques. AI-Driven expansion and application of the Alexandria database. J. Phys. Mater. 9, 025014 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ae6620

BibTeX
@article{Cavignac2026Alexandria,
  author  = {Cavignac, Th{\'e}o and Schmidt, Jonathan and De Breuck, Pierre-Paul and Loew, Antoine
             and Cerqueira, Tiago F. T. and Wang, Hai-Chen and Bochkarev, Anton
             and Lysogorskiy, Yury and Romero, Aldo H. and Drautz, Ralf and Botti, Silvana
             and Marques, Miguel A. L.},
  title   = {{AI}-Driven expansion and application of the {A}lexandria database},
  journal = {Journal of Physics: Materials},
  year    = {2026},
  volume  = {9},
  number  = {2},
  pages   = {025014},
  doi     = {10.1088/2515-7639/ae6620},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ae6620}
}

3D Crystal Structure Rendering

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Raw CIF Data
# CIF generated by HEAS from Alexandria entry agm002335366
data_agm002335366
_cell_length_a     3.65402
_cell_length_b     5.77290
_cell_length_c     5.77290
_cell_angle_alpha  84.19080
_cell_angle_beta   71.38465
_cell_angle_gamma  71.38465
_cell_volume       109.36663
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 1'
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number 1
loop_
_symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  'x, y, z'
loop_
_atom_site_label
_atom_site_type_symbol
_atom_site_fract_x
_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
_atom_site_occupancy
  Zn1 Zn 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Cu1 Cu 0.66803 0.99993 0.66416 1.00000
  Cu2 Cu 0.33197 0.00007 0.33584 1.00000
  Cu3 Cu 0.66803 0.66416 0.99993 1.00000
  Cu4 Cu 0.33463 0.66510 0.66510 1.00000
  Cu5 Cu 1.00000 0.66510 0.33490 1.00000
  Cu6 Cu 0.00000 0.33490 0.66510 1.00000
  Cu7 Cu 0.66537 0.33490 0.33490 1.00000
  Cu8 Cu 0.33197 0.33584 0.00007 1.00000
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