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SUBMITTER: Zhang S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3839744 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Shunhong S Wang Qian Q Chen Xiaoshuang X Jena Puru P
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20131104 47
Design and synthesis of 3D metallic carbon that is stable under ambient conditions has been a long-standing dream. We predict the existence of such phases, T6- and T14-carbon, consisting of interlocking hexagons. Their dynamic, mechanical, and thermal stabilities are confirmed by carrying out a variety of state-of-the-art theoretical calculations. Unlike the previously studied K4 and the simple cubic high pressure metallic phases, the structures predicted in this work are stable under ambient co ...[more]