-    OTTEMANNITE     -    Sn2S3

 

Crystal Structure 


Because of the translational symmetry all the calculations are performed in the primitive unit cell and not in the conventional unit cell. The following information regarding the structure is given with respect to this primitive unit cell, which sometimes can take an unintuitive shape.

Symmetry (experimental): 

Space group:  62  Pnma 
Lattice parameters (Å):  4.6980  1.9849  7.4191 
Angles (°):  90.0  90.0  90.0 

Symmetry (theoretical): 

Space group:  62  Pnma 
Lattice parameters (Å):  8.5454  3.6703  13.5206 
Angles (°):  90.0  90.0  90.0 

Cell contents: 

Number of atoms:  20 
Number of atom types: 
Chemical composition: 

Atomic positions (theoretical):

Sn:  0.1700  0.2500  0.0514 
Sn:  0.4926  0.7500  0.1736 
S:  0.9832  0.7500  0.1090 
S:  0.3478  0.7500  0.9941 
S:  0.2899  0.2500  0.2162 
Sn:  0.3300  0.7500  0.5514 
Sn:  0.0074  0.2500  0.6736 
S:  0.5168  0.2500  0.6090 
S:  0.1522  0.2500  0.4941 
S:  0.2101  0.7500  0.7162 
Sn:  0.8300  0.7500  0.9486 
Sn:  0.5074  0.2500  0.8264 
S:  0.0168  0.2500  0.8910 
S:  0.6522  0.2500  0.0059 
S:  0.7101  0.7500  0.7838 
Sn:  0.6700  0.2500  0.4486 
Sn:  0.9926  0.7500  0.3264 
S:  0.4832  0.7500  0.3910 
S:  0.8478  0.7500  0.5059 
S:  0.7899  0.2500  0.2838 
Atom type 

We have listed here the reduced coordinates of all the atoms in the primitive unit cell.
It is enough to know only the position of the atoms from the assymetrical unit cell and then use the symmetry to build the whole crystal structure.

Visualization of the crystal structure: 

Size:

Nx:  Ny:  Nz: 
You can define the size of the supercell to be displayed in the jmol panel as integer translations along the three crys­tallo­gra­phic axis.
Please note that the structure is represented using the pri­mi­tive cell, and not the conventional one.
 

Dielectric Properties 


We define:

  • The Born effective charges, also called dynamical charges, are tensors that correspond to the energy derivative with respect to atomic displacements and electric fields or, equivalently, to the change in atomic force due to an electric field: The sum of the Born effective charges of all nuclei in one cell must vanish, element by element, along each of the three directions of the space.
  • The dielectric tensors are the energy derivative with respect to two electric fields. They also relate the induced polarization to the external electric field.

Born effective charges (Z): 

Sn: 4.9572 0.0000 0.5463 
0.0000 5.1794 -0.0000 
0.6896 -0.0000 3.2761 
Eig. Value: 5.1599 5.1794 3.0734 
Sn: 2.4932 -0.0000 0.2133 
-0.0000 3.4901 0.0000 
0.6874 -0.0000 3.6064 
Eig. Value: 2.3338 3.4901 3.7658 
S: -2.2825 -0.0000 -0.2849 
0.0000 -2.4000 -0.0000 
-0.7276 -0.0000 -2.4213 
Eig. Value: -1.8410 -2.4000 -2.8629 
S: -2.5671 -0.0000 -0.0219 
-0.0000 -3.0043 -0.0000 
-0.5397 0.0000 -2.6786 
Eig. Value: -2.3366 -3.0043 -2.9091 
S: -2.6007 0.0000 0.2761 
-0.0000 -3.2651 -0.0000 
0.0349 -0.0000 -1.7826 
Eig. Value: -2.6293 -3.2651 -1.7541 
Sn: 4.9572 0.0000 -0.5463 
0.0000 5.1794 -0.0000 
-0.6896 0.0000 3.2761 
Eig. Value: 5.1599 5.1794 3.0734 
Sn: 2.4932 -0.0000 -0.2133 
-0.0000 3.4901 -0.0000 
-0.6874 0.0000 3.6064 
Eig. Value: 2.3338 3.4901 3.7658 
S: -2.2825 -0.0000 0.2849 
0.0000 -2.4000 0.0000 
0.7276 -0.0000 -2.4213 
Eig. Value: -1.8410 -2.4000 -2.8629 
S: -2.5671 -0.0000 0.0219 
-0.0000 -3.0043 0.0000 
0.5397 0.0000 -2.6786 
Eig. Value: -2.3366 -3.0043 -2.9091 
S: -2.6007 0.0000 -0.2761 
-0.0000 -3.2651 0.0000 
-0.0349 0.0000 -1.7826 
Eig. Value: -2.6293 -3.2651 -1.7541 
Sn: 4.9572 -0.0000 0.5463 
-0.0000 5.1794 0.0000 
0.6896 0.0000 3.2761 
Eig. Value: 5.1599 5.1794 3.0734 
Sn: 2.4932 0.0000 0.2133 
-0.0000 3.4901 -0.0000 
0.6874 0.0000 3.6064 
Eig. Value: 2.3338 3.4901 3.7658 
S: -2.2825 0.0000 -0.2849 
-0.0000 -2.4000 0.0000 
-0.7276 0.0000 -2.4213 
Eig. Value: -1.8410 -2.4000 -2.8629 
S: -2.5671 0.0000 -0.0219 
0.0000 -3.0043 0.0000 
-0.5397 0.0000 -2.6786 
Eig. Value: -2.3366 -3.0043 -2.9091 
S: -2.6007 -0.0000 0.2761 
0.0000 -3.2651 0.0000 
0.0349 0.0000 -1.7826 
Eig. Value: -2.6293 -3.2651 -1.7541 
Sn: 4.9572 -0.0000 -0.5463 
-0.0000 5.1794 0.0000 
-0.6896 0.0000 3.2761 
Eig. Value: 5.1599 5.1794 3.0734 
Sn: 2.4932 0.0000 -0.2133 
0.0000 3.4901 0.0000 
-0.6874 -0.0000 3.6064 
Eig. Value: 2.3338 3.4901 3.7658 
S: -2.2825 0.0000 0.2849 
-0.0000 -2.4000 -0.0000 
0.7276 0.0000 -2.4213 
Eig. Value: -1.8410 -2.4000 -2.8629 
S: -2.5671 0.0000 0.0219 
0.0000 -3.0043 -0.0000 
0.5397 -0.0000 -2.6786 
Eig. Value: -2.3366 -3.0043 -2.9091 
S: -2.6007 -0.0000 -0.2761 
0.0000 -3.2651 -0.0000 
-0.0349 -0.0000 -1.7826 
Eig. Value: -2.6293 -3.2651 -1.7541 
Atom type 

Dielectric tensors: 

 
Ɛ12.8198 0.0000 0.0000 
0.0000 13.2622 0.0000 
0.0000 0.0000 13.4691 
Eig. Value: 12.8198 13.2622 13.4691 
Refractive index (N): 3.5805 -0.0000 -0.0000 
-0.0000 3.6417 -0.0000 
-0.0000 -0.0000 3.6700 
Eig. Value: 3.5805 3.6417 3.6700 
Ɛ00.0000 0.0000 0.0000 
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 
Eig. Value: 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000