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La3CuSi2

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Alex-ID: agm005673666 · Space group: Pnma (#62)

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Basic Information

Formula
La3CuSi2
Alex-ID
agm005673666
Elements
3
Sites
24
Space group
Pnma (#62)
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Volume
615.10
ų
Cell a
4.3174
Å
Cell b
11.7233
Å
Cell c
12.1526
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
La3CuSi2
La
12.00 · 50.0%
Cu
4.00 · 16.7%
Si
8.00 · 33.3%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0099
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.5667
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-132.7550
eV
Raw total energy
-132.7550
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0312
eV
DOS at Fermi level
23.1933
Total magnetisation
-0.0004
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2C3_2603_spg62

Decomposition

LaCuSi La5Si3 LaCu2

Computed at

2023-08-25 00:23:03.686715

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: agm005673666).

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 agm005673666
data_agm005673666
_cell_length_a     4.31742
_cell_length_b     11.72334
_cell_length_c     12.15258
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       615.09823
_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
  La1 La 0.25000 0.38534 0.05922 1.00000
  La2 La 0.75000 0.61466 0.94078 1.00000
  La3 La 0.75000 0.88534 0.44078 1.00000
  La4 La 0.25000 0.11466 0.55922 1.00000
  La5 La 0.25000 0.70659 0.20505 1.00000
  La6 La 0.75000 0.29341 0.79495 1.00000
  La7 La 0.75000 0.20659 0.29495 1.00000
  La8 La 0.25000 0.79341 0.70505 1.00000
  La9 La 0.25000 0.43852 0.37953 1.00000
  La10 La 0.75000 0.56148 0.62047 1.00000
  La11 La 0.75000 0.93852 0.12047 1.00000
  La12 La 0.25000 0.06148 0.87953 1.00000
  Cu1 Cu 0.25000 0.13915 0.13140 1.00000
  Cu2 Cu 0.75000 0.86085 0.86860 1.00000
  Cu3 Cu 0.75000 0.63915 0.36860 1.00000
  Cu4 Cu 0.25000 0.36085 0.63140 1.00000
  Si1 Si 0.25000 0.68630 0.46692 1.00000
  Si2 Si 0.75000 0.31370 0.53308 1.00000
  Si3 Si 0.75000 0.18630 0.03308 1.00000
  Si4 Si 0.25000 0.81370 0.96692 1.00000
  Si5 Si 0.25000 0.01283 0.29911 1.00000
  Si6 Si 0.75000 0.98717 0.70089 1.00000
  Si7 Si 0.75000 0.51283 0.20089 1.00000
  Si8 Si 0.25000 0.48717 0.79911 1.00000
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