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Title: High-Pressure Synthesis of Dirac Materials: Layered van der Waals Bonded BeN4 Polymorph

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Carnegie Inst. of Science, Washington, DC (United States); Howard Univ., Washington, DC (United States)
  2. Univ. of Bayreuth (Germany)
  3. Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
  4. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany)
  5. European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble (France)
  6. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  7. Howard Univ., Washington, DC (United States)
  8. Carnegie Inst. of Science, Washington, DC (United States)
  9. National Univ. of Science and Technology (MISIS), Moscow (Russian Federation)
  10. Linköping Univ. (Sweden)
  11. Wuhan Univ. (China); Radboud Univ., Nijmegen (Netherlands); Ural Federal Univ., Ekaterinburg (Russian Federation)
  12. Radboud Univ., Nijmegen (Netherlands); Ural Federal Univ., Ekaterinburg (Russian Federation)
  13. Univ. of Bayreuth (Germany); Linköping Univ. (Sweden)

High-pressure chemistry is known to inspire the creation of unexpected new classes of compounds with exceptional properties. In this paper, we employ the laser-heated diamond anvil cell technique for synthesis of a Dirac material BeN4. A triclinic phase of beryllium tetranitride tr-BeN4 was synthesized from elements at similar to 85 GPa. Upon decompression to ambient conditions, it transforms into a compound with atomic-thick BeN4 layers interconnected via weak van der Waals bonds and consisting of polyacetylene-like nitrogen chains with conjugated pi systems and Be atoms in square-planar coordination. Theoretical calculations for a single BeN4 layer show that its electronic lattice is described by a slightly distorted honeycomb structure reminiscent of the graphene lattice and the presence of Dirac points in the electronic band structure at the Fermi level. The BeN4 layer, i.e., beryllonitrene, represents a qualitatively new class of 2D materials that can be built of a metal atom and polymeric nitrogen chains and host anisotropic Dirac fermions.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF); German Research Foundation (DFG); Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation; Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation; National Science Foundation (NSF); Russian Science Foundation; Swedish Research Council (SRC); US Army Research Office (ARO); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357; FG02-94ER14466
OSTI ID:
1797903
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 17 Vol. 126; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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