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Title: Elastic properties, sp 3 fraction, and Raman scattering in low and high pressure synthesized diamond-like boron rich carbides

Abstract

Dense BCx phases with high boron concentration are predicted to be metastable, superhard, and conductors or superconductors depending on boron concentration. However, up to this point, diamond-like boron rich carbides BCx (dl-BCx) phases have been thought obtainable only through high pressure and high temperature treatment, necessitating small specimen volume. Here, we use electron energy loss spectroscopy combined with transmission electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, surface Brillouin scattering, laser ultrasonics (LU) technique, and analysis of elastic properties to demonstrate that low pressure synthesis (chemical vapor deposition) of BCx phases may also lead to the creation of diamond-like boron rich carbides. The elastic properties of the dl-BCx phases depend on the carbon sp2 versus sp3 content, which decreases with increasing boron concentration, while the boron bonds determine the shape of the Raman spectra of the dl-BCx after high pressure-high temperature treatment. Using the estimation of the density value based on the sp3 fraction, the shear modulus μ of dl-BC4, containing 10% carbon atoms with sp3 bonds, and dl-B3C2, containing 38% carbon atoms with sp3 bonds, were found to be μ = 19.3 GPa and μ = 170 GPa, respectively. The presented experimental data also imply that boron atoms lead to a creation of sp3 bonds during the deposition processes.

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1420718
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AC02-05CH11231; FG02-07ER46408
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Journal Name:
Journal of Applied Physics
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Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Volume: 116 Journal Issue: 13; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
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American Institute of Physics
Country of Publication:
United States
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English

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Zinin, Pavel V., Liu, Yongsheng, Burgess, Katherine, Ciston, Jim, Jia, Ruth, Hong, Shiming, Sharma, Shiv, and Ming, Li-Chung. Elastic properties, sp 3 fraction, and Raman scattering in low and high pressure synthesized diamond-like boron rich carbides. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4897316.
Zinin, Pavel V., Liu, Yongsheng, Burgess, Katherine, Ciston, Jim, Jia, Ruth, Hong, Shiming, Sharma, Shiv, & Ming, Li-Chung. Elastic properties, sp 3 fraction, and Raman scattering in low and high pressure synthesized diamond-like boron rich carbides. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4897316
Zinin, Pavel V., Liu, Yongsheng, Burgess, Katherine, Ciston, Jim, Jia, Ruth, Hong, Shiming, Sharma, Shiv, and Ming, Li-Chung. Tue . "Elastic properties, sp 3 fraction, and Raman scattering in low and high pressure synthesized diamond-like boron rich carbides". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4897316.
@article{osti_1420718,
title = {Elastic properties, sp 3 fraction, and Raman scattering in low and high pressure synthesized diamond-like boron rich carbides},
author = {Zinin, Pavel V. and Liu, Yongsheng and Burgess, Katherine and Ciston, Jim and Jia, Ruth and Hong, Shiming and Sharma, Shiv and Ming, Li-Chung},
abstractNote = {Dense BCx phases with high boron concentration are predicted to be metastable, superhard, and conductors or superconductors depending on boron concentration. However, up to this point, diamond-like boron rich carbides BCx (dl-BCx) phases have been thought obtainable only through high pressure and high temperature treatment, necessitating small specimen volume. Here, we use electron energy loss spectroscopy combined with transmission electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, surface Brillouin scattering, laser ultrasonics (LU) technique, and analysis of elastic properties to demonstrate that low pressure synthesis (chemical vapor deposition) of BCx phases may also lead to the creation of diamond-like boron rich carbides. The elastic properties of the dl-BCx phases depend on the carbon sp2 versus sp3 content, which decreases with increasing boron concentration, while the boron bonds determine the shape of the Raman spectra of the dl-BCx after high pressure-high temperature treatment. Using the estimation of the density value based on the sp3 fraction, the shear modulus μ of dl-BC4, containing 10% carbon atoms with sp3 bonds, and dl-B3C2, containing 38% carbon atoms with sp3 bonds, were found to be μ = 19.3 GPa and μ = 170 GPa, respectively. The presented experimental data also imply that boron atoms lead to a creation of sp3 bonds during the deposition processes.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4897316},
journal = {Journal of Applied Physics},
number = 13,
volume = 116,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Oct 07 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Tue Oct 07 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}

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