Structural Modifications and Mechanical Properties of Molybdenum Borides from First Principles

被引：139

作者：

Zhang, Meiguang ^{[1
,2
]}

Wang, Hui ^{[1
]}

Wang, Hongbo ^{[1
]}

Cui, Tian ^{[1
]}

Ma, Yanming ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Jilin Univ, Natl Lab Superhard Mat, Changchun 130012, Peoples R China

[2] BaoJi Univ Arts & Sci, Dept Phys, Baoji 712007, Peoples R China

来源：

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C | 2010年 / 114卷 / 14期

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

SUPERHARD RHENIUM DIBORIDE; HARD; CRYSTALS; METAL; MOB2;

D O I：

10.1021/jp100225c

中图分类号：

O64 [物理化学（理论化学）、化学物理学];

学科分类号：

070304 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

On the basis of the evolutionary methodology for crystal structure prediction, we have clan lied the long-standing debates on the ground state structures of technically important molybdenum borides MoB2, Mo2B5, and MoB4 The earlier proposed rhombohedral structure for Mo2B5 and WB4-type structure for MoB4 ale ruled out Instead, two novel hexagonal P6(3)/mmc structures are proposed Moreover, the yet synthesized MoB3 was found to adopt the intriguing rhombohedral R (3) over barm structure and was suggested to be experimentally synthesizable by the calculation of convex hull. Density of states calculation revealed that the strong covalent bonding between Mo and B atoms is the driving force for the high bulk and shear modulus as well as small Poisson's ratio of the studied borides The hardness calculations suggest that these borides are all hard materials, among which MoB3 exhibits the largest Vickers hardness of 31.8 GPa, exceeding the hardness of alpha-SiO2 (30 6 GPa) and beta-Si3N4 (30 3 GPa)

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页码：6722 / 6725

页数：4

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