Theoretical design of diamondlike superhard structures at high pressure

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/25/7/076103

Abstract

Diamond, as the hardest known material, has been widely used in industrial applications as abrasives, coatings, and cutting and polishing tools, but it is restricted by several shortcomings, e.g., its low thermal and chemical stability. Considerable efforts have been devoted to designing or synthesizing the diamond-like B-C-N-O compounds, which exhibit excellent mechanical property. In this paper, we review the recent theoretical design of diamond-like superhard structures at high pressure. In particular, the recently designed high symmetric phase of low-energy cubic BC₃ meets the experimental observation, and clarifies the actual existence of cubic symmetric phase for the compounds formed by B-C-N-O system, besides the classical example of cubic boron nitride.

Keywords: crystal structures high pressure superhard materials

Received: 20 August 2015
Revised: 04 September 2015
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PACS:	61.50.-f	(Structure of bulk crystals)
	62.20.-x	(Mechanical properties of solids)
	71.20.-b	(Electron density of states and band structure of crystalline solids)
	61.50.Ks	(Crystallographic aspects of phase transformations; pressure effects)

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51202084, 11474125, and 51372095).

Corresponding Authors: Quan Li
E-mail: liquan777@jlu.edu.cn

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Quan Li(李全), Wei-Tao Zheng(郑伟涛) Theoretical design of diamondlike superhard structures at high pressure 2016 Chin. Phys. B 25 076103

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