Four sp3 carbon allotropes with six, eight, and 16 atoms per primitive cell have been derived using a combination of metadynamics simulations and topological scan. A chiral orthorhombic phase oC16 (C2221) was found to be harder than monoclinic M-carbon and shows excellent stability in the high-pressure range. A second orthorhombic phase of Cmmm symmetry, by ∼0.028 eV/atom energetically lower than W-carbon, can be formed from graphite at ∼9 GPa. In general, the mechanical response under pressure was found to depend on the structure topology, which reflects the way rings are formed from an initial graphene layer stacking. © 2011 American Physical Society
Selli, D., Baburin, I., Martoňák, R., Leoni, S. (2011). Superhard sp3 carbon allotropes with odd and even ring topologies. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS PHYSICS, 84(16) [10.1103/PhysRevB.84.161411].
Superhard sp3 carbon allotropes with odd and even ring topologies
SELLI, DANIELE
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2011
Abstract
Four sp3 carbon allotropes with six, eight, and 16 atoms per primitive cell have been derived using a combination of metadynamics simulations and topological scan. A chiral orthorhombic phase oC16 (C2221) was found to be harder than monoclinic M-carbon and shows excellent stability in the high-pressure range. A second orthorhombic phase of Cmmm symmetry, by ∼0.028 eV/atom energetically lower than W-carbon, can be formed from graphite at ∼9 GPa. In general, the mechanical response under pressure was found to depend on the structure topology, which reflects the way rings are formed from an initial graphene layer stacking. © 2011 American Physical Society
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