Crystalline and random “diamond-like” boron–carbon structures

✍ Scribed by Sifiso Musa Nkambule; J.E. Lowther

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 930 KB
• Volume: 150
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0038-1098
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ssc.2009.09.041

✦ Synopsis

The bulk properties and relative stabilities of B-C structures are studied using both first-principles and molecular dynamics simulations that employ Tersoff potentials. The elastic properties of the B-C structures are deduced and some properties of random structures compared with possible crystalline counterparts.