Materials Data on La3Y(MnSi)4 by Materials Project
La3Y(MnSi)4 crystallizes in the tetragonal P4mm space group. The structure is two-dimensional and consists of one La3Y(MnSi)4 sheet oriented in the (0, 0, 1) direction. there are three inequivalent La sites. In the first La site, La is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Si atoms. All La–Si bond lengths are 3.05 Å. In the second La site, La is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Y, four equivalent Mn, and five Si atoms. All La–Y bond lengths are 3.88 Å. All La–Mn bond lengths are 3.23 Å. There are four shorter (3.06 Å) and one longer (3.52 Å) La–Si bond lengths. In the third La site, La is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Si atoms. All La–Si bond lengths are 3.05 Å. Y is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four equivalent La, four equivalent Mn, and four equivalent Si atoms. All Y–Mn bond lengths are 3.02 Å. All Y–Si bond lengths are 2.96 Å. There are two inequivalent Mn sites. In the first Mn site, Mn is bonded to two equivalent Y and four Si atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge, face, and corner-sharing MnY2Si4 tetrahedra. There are two shorter (2.42 Å) and two longer (2.44 Å) Mn–Si bond lengths. In the second Mn site, Mn is bonded to two equivalent La and four Si atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge, face, and corner-sharing MnLa2Si4 tetrahedra. There are two shorter (2.41 Å) and two longer (2.42 Å) Mn–Si bond lengths. There are four inequivalent Si sites. In the first Si site, Si is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to four equivalent La and four equivalent Mn atoms. In the second Si site, Si is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to four equivalent La and four equivalent Mn atoms. In the third Si site, Si is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one La, four equivalent Y, and four equivalent Mn atoms. In the fourth Si site, Si is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to four equivalent La and four equivalent Mn atoms.