Lithium-Boron (Li-B) Monolayers: First-Principles Cluster Expansion and Possible Two-Dimensional Superconductivity

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 2526-2532

  Wu, Chao ^a   Wang, Hua ^a   Zhang, Jiajia ^b   Gou, Gaoyang ^a   Pan, Bicai ^b   Li, Ju ^a,c  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

boron monolayers; cluster expansion approach; first principles calculations; phonon mediated superconductivity; two dimensional materials

Indexed keywords

BORON; CALCULATIONS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EXPANSION; GRAPHENE; LIQUEFIED GASES; MONOLAYERS; PHONONS; SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

CLUSTER EXPANSION; DYNAMICS PROPERTIES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; LIQUID HELIUM TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY; SUPERCONDUCTING PROPERTIES; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D); TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS;

LITHIUM;

EID: 84958225903     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b09949     Document Type: Article

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