Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) graphene has unique electrical properties such as high
mobility and ballistic transport at room temperature. Two-dimensional hexagonal boron …

▪ Abstract The synthesis of the two currently used superhard materials, diamond and cubic
boron nitride, is briefly described with indications of the factors influencing the quality of the …

A central challenge to modern materials science is the rational design and synthesis of new
materials possessing exceptional properties. Recent advances in first-principles modeling …

Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is a kind of functional ceramic material with excellent
physical and chemical properties. This paper analyzes it from the aspects of mechanical …

Cubic BC 2 N was synthesized from graphite-like BC 2 N at pressures above 18 GPa and
temperatures higher than 2200 K. The lattice parameter of c-BC 2 N at ambient conditions is …

We reported a developed methodology to design superhard materials for given chemical
systems under external conditions (here, pressure). The new approach is based on the …

We solve the crystal structure of recently synthesized cubic BC 3 using an unbiased swarm
structure search, which identifies a highly symmetric BC 3 phase in the cubic diamond …

We report here the high-pressure synthesis of well-sintered millimeter-sized bulks of
superhard BC2N and BC4N materials in the form of a nanocrystalline composite with …

▪ Abstract The synthesis, characterization, and tuning of solid state materials by means of
high-pressure techniques is reviewed from the perspective of a solid state chemist. Because …

Recent experiments claimed successful synthesis of cubic boron-carbonitride compounds
BC 2 N with an extreme hardness second only to diamond. In the present Letter, we …