High-pressure form of elemental boron is covalent

cond-mat.mtrl-sci

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N. Dubrovinskaia, L. Dubrovinsky, E. Yu. Zarechnaya, Y. Filinchuk, D. Chernyshov, V. Dmitriev, A. S. Mikhaylushkin, I. A. Abrikosov, S. I. Simak

/ Abstract

Oganov et al report a discovery of an ionic high-pressure /hitherto unknown phase of boron/. We show that this phase has been known since 1965, and it is a covalent material.

High-pressure form of elemental boron is covalent

cond-mat.mtrl-sci

/ Authors

N. Dubrovinskaia, L. Dubrovinsky, E. Yu. Zarechnaya, Y. Filinchuk, D. Chernyshov, V. Dmitriev, A. S. Mikhaylushkin, I. A. Abrikosov, S. I. Simak

/ Abstract

Oganov et al report a discovery of an ionic high-pressure /hitherto unknown phase of boron/. We show that this phase has been known since 1965, and it is a covalent material.