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YSi4

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm005407223 · Space group: I4/m (#87)

Basic Information

Formula
YSi4
Alex-ID
agm005407223
Elements
2
Sites
5
Space group
I4/m (#87)
Crystal system
tetragonal
Volume
85.69
ų
Cell a
5.2484
Å
Cell b
5.2484
Å
Cell c
5.2484
Å
α angle
96.38
°
β angle
96.38
°
γ angle
141.04
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
YSi4
Y
1.00 · 20.0%
Si
4.00 · 80.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.3020
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.0687
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-28.4986
eV
Raw total energy
-28.4986
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
2.3105
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB4_290_spg87

Decomposition

Y10Si17 Si

Computed at

2023-03-17 21:17:02.301068

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: agm005407223).

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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Style: Ball & Stick
Raw CIF Data
# CIF generated by HEAS from Alexandria entry agm005407223
data_agm005407223
_cell_length_a     5.24836
_cell_length_b     5.24836
_cell_length_c     5.24836
_cell_angle_alpha  96.38338
_cell_angle_beta   96.38338
_cell_angle_gamma  141.04489
_cell_volume       85.68964
_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
  Y1 Y 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Si1 Si 0.83312 0.38164 0.21476 1.00000
  Si2 Si 0.38164 0.16688 0.54851 1.00000
  Si3 Si 0.16688 0.61836 0.78524 1.00000
  Si4 Si 0.61836 0.83312 0.45149 1.00000
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