https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530170102
Formation and stability of large B6O clusters with icosahedral structure
1
National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of
physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P.R. China
2
Department of Physics, Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273165, P.R. China
3
Department of Physics, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, P.R. China
Corresponding author: a ghwang@nju.edu.cn
Received:
30
November
2000
Published online: 15 September 2001
In this paper, the formation and the stability of large B6O icosahedral particles was discussed on the basis of elastic deformation theory. Our calculation illustrate the stability of macroscopic Mackay packing B6O icosahedral particles at high pressure. The transition pressure from rhombohedral structure of B6O particles to macroscopic B6O icosahedral ones was calculated to be 6 GPa, which is in good agreement with the experimental data (4.0-5.52 GPa). The maximum diameter of B6O icosahedral particles at low pressure is estimated to be 200-300 nm.
PACS: 61.46.+w – Nanoscale materials: clusters, nanoparticles, nanotubes, and nanocrystals / 81.40.Vw – Pressure treatment
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2001
