By means of standard and hybrid density functional theory, we analyzed the electronic, optical, and mechanical properties of the two discovered superhard orthorhombic (W) and monoclinic (M) phases of carbon, synthesized by cold compression. We demonstrated that both phases exhibit a transparent insulating behaviour with indirect band gaps of about 5.4 eV (W) and 4.5 eV (M), and highly isotropic optical spectra, substantially different to those of the related body centered tetragonal C-4 phase. The analysis of the elastic constants and Vickers hardness confirmed that these phases are as hard as the second hardest material c-BC2N (C) 201/ American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3610996]
Electronic, optical, and mechanical properties of superhard cold-compressed phases of carbon / Niu HY; Wei PY; Sun Y; Chen XQ; FRANCHINI, CESARE; Li DZ; Li YY. - In: APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS. - ISSN 0003-6951. - STAMPA. - 99:3(2011), pp. 1-3. [10.1063/1.3610996]
Electronic, optical, and mechanical properties of superhard cold-compressed phases of carbon
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2011
Abstract
By means of standard and hybrid density functional theory, we analyzed the electronic, optical, and mechanical properties of the two discovered superhard orthorhombic (W) and monoclinic (M) phases of carbon, synthesized by cold compression. We demonstrated that both phases exhibit a transparent insulating behaviour with indirect band gaps of about 5.4 eV (W) and 4.5 eV (M), and highly isotropic optical spectra, substantially different to those of the related body centered tetragonal C-4 phase. The analysis of the elastic constants and Vickers hardness confirmed that these phases are as hard as the second hardest material c-BC2N (C) 201/ American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3610996]I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
