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Mg2Ga3MoS8

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm005277138 · Space group: R-3m (#166)

Basic Information

Formula
Mg2Ga3MoS8
Alex-ID
agm005277138
Elements
4
Sites
14
Space group
R-3m (#166)
Crystal system
trigonal
Volume
283.23
ų
Cell a
7.4137
Å
Cell b
7.4137
Å
Cell c
7.4137
Å
α angle
59.25
°
β angle
59.25
°
γ angle
59.25
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Mg2Ga3MoS8
Mg
2.00 · 14.3%
Ga
3.00 · 21.4%
Mo
1.00 · 7.1%
S
8.00 · 57.1%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.1774
eV/atom
Formation energy
-1.1395
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-72.0809
eV
Raw total energy
-66.7732
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.2708
eV
Direct band gap
0.5892
eV
DOS at Fermi level
0.6233
Total magnetisation
3.0037
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2C3D8_187_spg160

Decomposition

Mg(GaS2)2 GaS MgS MoS2

Computed at

2023-05-06 16:48:39.349033

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: agm005277138).

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 agm005277138
data_agm005277138
_cell_length_a     7.41373
_cell_length_b     7.41373
_cell_length_c     7.41373
_cell_angle_alpha  59.25258
_cell_angle_beta   59.25258
_cell_angle_gamma  59.25258
_cell_volume       283.22966
_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
  Mg1 Mg 0.12658 0.12658 0.12658 1.00000
  Mg2 Mg 0.87342 0.87342 0.87342 1.00000
  Ga1 Ga 0.50000 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000
  Ga2 Ga 0.00000 0.50000 0.50000 1.00000
  Ga3 Ga 0.50000 0.50000 0.00000 1.00000
  Mo1 Mo 0.50000 0.50000 0.50000 1.00000
  S1 S 0.26166 0.71610 0.26166 1.00000
  S2 S 0.28390 0.73834 0.73834 1.00000
  S3 S 0.73883 0.73883 0.73883 1.00000
  S4 S 0.73834 0.73834 0.28390 1.00000
  S5 S 0.26117 0.26117 0.26117 1.00000
  S6 S 0.26166 0.26166 0.71610 1.00000
  S7 S 0.73834 0.28390 0.73834 1.00000
  S8 S 0.71610 0.26166 0.26166 1.00000
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