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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 4, Issue 29, Pages 15061-15065Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c4ra00114a
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Science, Division of Materials Science and Engineering
- DOE [DE-AC02-07CH11358]
- National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
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Using a genetic algorithm method and first-principle calculations, we performed searches for low-energy crystal structures of BeB2. We found a new family of structures, where the B atoms form hexagonal layers intercalated by Be atoms. The lowest-energy structure has a formation energy of -99.47 meV per atom with 4 formula units in the unit cell, which is much more stable than the models proposed before. The formation energies of structures in the new structure family can be well described by an Ising-like model with anti-ferromagnetic coupling between the displacements of Be atoms from the mid-plane between two B layers. We also performed phonon calculations as well as electronic band structure calculations to verify the stability and investigate the electronic properties of the newly found structure.
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