Orthorhombic BN: A novel superhard sp 3 boron nitride allotrope

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 378, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 741-744

  Zhang, Zhiguo ^a   Lu, Mingchun ^c   Zhu, Li ^a   Zhu, Lili ^a   Li, Yadan ^a   Zhang, Miao ^a,b   Li, Quan ^b  

^a BEIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JILIN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Boron nitride; Crystal structure; Hardness; Superhard materials

Indexed keywords

BORON NITRIDE; CALCULATIONS; ENERGY GAP; HARDNESS; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; NITRIDES; THERMODYNAMICS; VICKERS HARDNESS;

FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; HIGH BULK MODULUS; INDIRECT BAND GAP; PHONON CALCULATION; SPACE GROUPS; SUPERHARD; SUPERHARD MATERIAL; SUPERHARD PROPERTIES;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 84895910117     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2013.12.040     Document Type: Article

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