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Nd9Th3Si8(S8Cl)4

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm010664367 · Space group: P1 (#1)

Basic Information

Formula
Nd9Th3Si8(S8Cl)4
Alex-ID
agm010664367
Elements
5
Sites
56
Space group
P1 (#1)
Crystal system
triclinic
Volume
1,328.40
ų
Cell a
8.6619
Å
Cell b
13.5372
Å
Cell c
13.4731
Å
α angle
62.95
°
β angle
70.78
°
γ angle
82.26
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Nd9Th3Si8(S8Cl)4
Nd
9.00 · 16.1%
Th
3.00 · 5.4%
Si
8.00 · 14.3%
S
32.00 · 57.1%
Cl
4.00 · 7.1%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0741
eV/atom
Formation energy
-1.8806
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-351.0119
eV
Raw total energy
-329.7812
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.1865
eV
Direct band gap
0.2479
eV
DOS at Fermi level
3.6643
Total magnetisation
0.8934
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

A3B4C8D9E32_0_spg1

Decomposition

Nd4(SiS4)3 ThS2 SiS2 NdCl3 Si

Computed at

2025-02-03 21:23:00

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: agm010664367).

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 agm010664367
data_agm010664367
_cell_length_a     8.66187
_cell_length_b     13.53724
_cell_length_c     13.47311
_cell_angle_alpha  62.95219
_cell_angle_beta   70.77979
_cell_angle_gamma  82.26295
_cell_volume       1328.39584
_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
  Nd1 Nd 0.39607 0.67306 0.01352 1.00000
  Nd2 Nd 0.25635 0.06033 0.13105 1.00000
  Nd3 Nd 0.74654 0.55934 0.62855 1.00000
  Nd4 Nd 0.11397 0.81901 0.49097 1.00000
  Nd5 Nd 0.59891 0.32531 0.98392 1.00000
  Nd6 Nd 0.32179 0.07060 0.69031 1.00000
  Nd7 Nd 0.80951 0.56798 0.19024 1.00000
  Nd8 Nd 0.69247 0.92934 0.31267 1.00000
  Nd9 Nd 0.16858 0.42758 0.80989 1.00000
  Th1 Th 0.74838 0.94452 0.86207 1.00000
  Th2 Th 0.22136 0.42689 0.38767 1.00000
  Th3 Th 0.91790 0.17600 0.52818 1.00000
  Si1 Si 0.31816 0.07882 0.38300 1.00000
  Si2 Si 0.79528 0.58114 0.88378 1.00000
  Si3 Si 0.99294 0.69799 0.33253 1.00000
  Si4 Si 0.48685 0.20092 0.83267 1.00000
  Si5 Si 0.71300 0.92298 0.61183 1.00000
  Si6 Si 0.19186 0.41474 0.11953 1.00000
  Si7 Si 0.01049 0.30408 0.64099 1.00000
  Si8 Si 0.50867 0.80191 0.16492 1.00000
  S1 S 0.26473 0.19102 0.46286 1.00000
  S2 S 0.75291 0.69400 0.96142 1.00000
  S3 S 0.60497 0.14186 0.70526 1.00000
  S4 S 0.09626 0.63179 0.20944 1.00000
  S5 S 0.75724 0.80909 0.53640 1.00000
  S6 S 0.24076 0.30510 0.03923 1.00000
  S7 S 0.40760 0.86397 0.29124 1.00000
  S8 S 0.89403 0.36012 0.78216 1.00000
  S9 S 0.09342 0.06535 0.35572 1.00000
  S10 S 0.57350 0.56797 0.85285 1.00000
  S11 S 0.09527 0.61353 0.47266 1.00000
  S12 S 0.59632 0.11651 0.96978 1.00000
  S13 S 0.93480 0.92905 0.64847 1.00000
  S14 S 0.40659 0.43037 0.15684 1.00000
  S15 S 0.86084 0.40179 0.52585 1.00000
  S16 S 0.40795 0.88403 0.02295 1.00000
  S17 S 0.37154 0.92350 0.50781 1.00000
  S18 S 0.84898 0.42491 0.00719 1.00000
  S19 S 0.73747 0.67070 0.38491 1.00000
  S20 S 0.23722 0.15606 0.89042 1.00000
  S21 S 0.66179 0.08072 0.49110 1.00000
  S22 S 0.13555 0.57101 0.99809 1.00000
  S23 S 0.25690 0.35161 0.61183 1.00000
  S24 S 0.76366 0.83916 0.10234 1.00000
  S25 S 0.50232 0.12911 0.21884 1.00000
  S26 S 0.98510 0.62816 0.72371 1.00000
  S27 S 0.03155 0.86963 0.26780 1.00000
  S28 S 0.50801 0.37394 0.77272 1.00000
  S29 S 0.52252 0.87541 0.77459 1.00000
  S30 S 0.00225 0.36478 0.28393 1.00000
  S31 S 0.97814 0.12466 0.74413 1.00000
  S32 S 0.47118 0.62921 0.23149 1.00000
  Cl1 Cl 0.38769 0.61330 0.63447 1.00000
  Cl2 Cl 0.90810 0.10944 0.14237 1.00000
  Cl3 Cl 0.58567 0.39077 0.35901 1.00000
  Cl4 Cl 0.10810 0.88583 0.86179 1.00000
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