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Sm6SnS4

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Alex-ID: agm006074099 · Space group: Cmcm (#63)

Basic Information

Formula
Sm6SnS4
Alex-ID
agm006074099
Elements
3
Sites
22
Space group
Cmcm (#63)
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Volume
557.97
ų
Cell a
4.1188
Å
Cell b
6.9423
Å
Cell c
20.4335
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
107.26
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Sm6SnS4
Sm
12.00 · 54.5%
Sn
2.00 · 9.1%
S
8.00 · 36.4%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0160
eV/atom
Formation energy
-1.8739
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-138.9332
eV
Raw total energy
-133.6255
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0130
eV
DOS at Fermi level
15.7621
Total magnetisation
0.7639
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB4C6_36_spg63

Decomposition

Sm8S7 Sm5Sn3S Sm10Sn6S

Computed at

2023-10-09 00:42:22

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: agm006074099).

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 agm006074099
data_agm006074099
_cell_length_a     4.11877
_cell_length_b     6.94233
_cell_length_c     20.43354
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  107.25603
_cell_volume       557.97495
_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
  Sm1 Sm 0.50000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Sm2 Sm 0.50000 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000
  Sm3 Sm 0.03890 0.07780 0.34149 1.00000
  Sm4 Sm 0.96110 0.92220 0.65851 1.00000
  Sm5 Sm 0.96110 0.92220 0.84149 1.00000
  Sm6 Sm 0.03890 0.07780 0.15851 1.00000
  Sm7 Sm 0.77023 0.54046 0.41620 1.00000
  Sm8 Sm 0.22977 0.45954 0.58380 1.00000
  Sm9 Sm 0.22977 0.45954 0.91620 1.00000
  Sm10 Sm 0.77023 0.54046 0.08380 1.00000
  Sm11 Sm 0.33682 0.67363 0.25000 1.00000
  Sm12 Sm 0.66318 0.32637 0.75000 1.00000
  Sn1 Sn 0.65969 0.31939 0.25000 1.00000
  Sn2 Sn 0.34031 0.68061 0.75000 1.00000
  S1 S 0.86298 0.72597 0.53935 1.00000
  S2 S 0.40399 0.80798 0.12258 1.00000
  S3 S 0.13702 0.27403 0.46065 1.00000
  S4 S 0.59601 0.19202 0.87742 1.00000
  S5 S 0.86298 0.72597 0.96065 1.00000
  S6 S 0.13702 0.27403 0.03935 1.00000
  S7 S 0.59601 0.19202 0.62258 1.00000
  S8 S 0.40399 0.80798 0.37742 1.00000
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