Materials Data on YbGdTe2 by Materials Project
YbGdTe2 is Caswellsilverite structured and crystallizes in the trigonal R-3m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Yb is bonded to six equivalent Te atoms to form YbTe6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent GdTe6 octahedra, edges with six equivalent YbTe6 octahedra, and edges with six equivalent GdTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. All Yb–Te bond lengths are 3.14 Å. Gd is bonded to six equivalent Te atoms to form GdTe6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent YbTe6 octahedra, edges with six equivalent YbTe6 octahedra, and edges with six equivalent GdTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. All Gd–Te bond lengths are 3.15 Å. Te is bonded to three equivalent Yb and three equivalent Gd atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing TeYb3Gd3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°.