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Mg(Zn2Se)2

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Alex-ID: agm005486173 · Space group: R-3m (#166)

Basic Information

Formula
Mg(Zn2Se)2
Alex-ID
agm005486173
Elements
3
Sites
7
Space group
R-3m (#166)
Crystal system
trigonal
Volume
137.81
ų
Cell a
10.8521
Å
Cell b
10.8521
Å
Cell c
10.8521
Å
α angle
20.55
°
β angle
20.55
°
γ angle
20.55
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Mg(Zn2Se)2
Mg
1.00 · 14.3%
Zn
4.00 · 57.1%
Se
2.00 · 28.6%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.2614
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.3004
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-15.7914
eV
Raw total energy
-15.7914
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0221
eV
DOS at Fermi level
2.8672
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2C4_1216_spg166

Decomposition

ZnSe Zn MgSe

Computed at

2023-03-17 23:50:40.972676

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: agm005486173).

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 agm005486173
data_agm005486173
_cell_length_a     10.85209
_cell_length_b     10.85209
_cell_length_c     10.85209
_cell_angle_alpha  20.54753
_cell_angle_beta   20.54753
_cell_angle_gamma  20.54753
_cell_volume       137.80812
_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 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Zn1 Zn 0.85394 0.85394 0.85394 1.00000
  Zn2 Zn 0.14606 0.14606 0.14606 1.00000
  Zn3 Zn 0.56846 0.56846 0.56846 1.00000
  Zn4 Zn 0.43154 0.43154 0.43154 1.00000
  Se1 Se 0.71701 0.71701 0.71701 1.00000
  Se2 Se 0.28299 0.28299 0.28299 1.00000
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