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Guoying Gao1, N W Ashcroft, Roald Hoffmann
1Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|July 12, 2013
Resumen
Los investigadores exploraron computacionalmente las estructuras de carburo de silicio (SiC). Descubrieron nuevas fases metestables de SiC3 con arreglos en capas únicos, incluidas estructuras colapsadas similares al grafito y potencial metálico.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ciencia de los materiales Ciencia de los materiales.
- Química computacional es la química computacional.
- Física del estado sólido Física del estado sólido
Sus antecedentes:
- El diagrama de fase silicio-carbono (Si/C) a 1 atm muestra principalmente politipos estables de carburo de silicio (SiC).
- Las fases metastables de Si/C, persistentes debido a factores cinéticos, pueden existir en varias composiciones.
- Las suposiciones anteriores sugerían que las fases metestables se limitarían a las estructuras diamondoides, particularmente para las composiciones ricas en silicio como el Si3C.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar computacionalmente las fases metestables en el lado rico en carbono del diagrama de fase Si/C.
- Identificar y caracterizar nuevas estructuras de carburo de silicio cinéticamente persistentes más allá de las formas estables conocidas.
- Explorar la diversidad estructural y las propiedades potenciales de estequiometrías inexploradas de SiC.
Principales métodos:
- Exploración computacional de la estequiometría del SiC3.
- Análisis de las superficies de energía potencial para identificar estructuras metestables.
- Caracterización de los arreglos atómicos y enlaces en nuevas fases de SiC3.
Principales resultados:
- El descubrimiento de inusuales estructuras metestables de SiC3, desafiando las suposiciones previas.
- Identificación de una sorprendente estructura colapsada en forma de grafito con unidades benzenoides C6 y puentes Si-Si.
- Observación de otras estructuras metastables con capas de polieno y polifenileno, algunas exhibiendo propiedades metálicas.
Conclusiones:
- El lado rico en carbono del sistema Si/C alberga fases metastables inesperadas.
- Las estructuras de SiC3 identificadas, incluidas las formas relacionadas con el ciclófano, amplían el paisaje estructural conocido del carburo de silicio.
- Algunas nuevas fases metestables de SiC3 poseen propiedades electrónicas potencialmente valiosas, como la metalicidad.
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