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Theoretical design of all-carbon networks with intrinsic magnetism
Yan Gao, Xiaolong Feng, Ben-Chao Gong +4
To induce intrinsic magnetism in the nominally nonmagnetic carbon materials containing only and electrons is an intriguing yet challenging task. Here, based on first-princi…
Predication of topological states in the allotropes of group-IV elements
Chengyong Zhong
Three-dimensional topological insulators have been studied for approximately fifteen years, but those made from group-IV elements, especially Ge and Sn, seem particularly attractiv…
Three-dimensional graphene networks modified with acetylenic linkages for high-performance optoelectronics and Li-ion battery anode material
Chengyong Zhong, Wenxia Zhang, Guangqian Ding +1
Searching for three-dimensional(3D) semiconducting carbon allotropes with proper bandgaps and excellent optoelectronic properties is always the chasing goal for the new emerging al…
Grapheayne: a class of low-energy carbon allotropes with diverse optoelectronic and topological properties
Yan Gao, Chengyong Zhong, Shengyuan A. Yang +2
A series of carbon allotropes with novel optoelectronic and rich topological properties is predicted by systematic first-principles calculations. These fascinating carbon allotrope…
Two-dimensional honeycomb borophene oxide: A promising anode material offering super high capacity for Li/Na-ion batteries
Junping Hu, Chengyong Zhong, Weikang Wu +4
Rational design of novel two-dimensional (2D) electrode materials with high capacity is crucial for the further development of Li-ion and Na-ion batteries. Herein, based on first-p…
Hexagonal supertetrahedral boron: A topological metal with multiple spin-orbit-free emergent fermions
Yan Gao, Weikang Wu, Peng-Jie Guo +4
We predict a new three-dimensional (3D) boron allotrope based on systematic first-principles electronic structure calculations. This allotrope can be derived by substituting each c…
Two-dimensional honeycomb borophene oxide: Strong anisotropy and nodal loop transformation
Chengyong Zhong, Weikang Wu, Junjie He +5
The search for topological semimetals is mainly focused on heavy-element compounds as following the footsteps of previous research on topological insulators, with less attention on…
Double Kagome bands in a two-dimensional phosphorus carbide P2C3
Sili Huang, Yuee Xie, Chengyong Zhong +1
The interesting properties of Kagome bands, consisting of Dirac bands and a flat band, have attracted extensive attention. However, the materials with only one Kagome band around t…
Three-dimensional honeycomb carbon: Junction line distortion and novel emergent fermions
Junping Hu, Weikang Wu, Chengyong Zhong +4
Carbon enjoys a vast number of allotropic forms, each possessing unique properties determined by the lattice structures and bonding characters. Here, based on first-principles calc…
Ferromagnetism and Wigner crystallization in Kagome graphene and related structures
Yuanping Chen, Shenglong Xu, Yuee Xie +3
Interaction in a flat band is magnified due to the divergence in the density of states, which gives rise to a variety of many-body phenomena such as ferromagnetism and Wigner cryst…
A review of thermal transport and electronic properties of borophene
Dengfeng Li, Ying Chen, Jia He +3
In recent years, two-dimensional boron sheets (borophene) have been experimentally synthesized and theoretically observed as promising conductor or transistor with novel thermal an…
Nodal surface semimetals: Theory and material realization
Weikang Wu, Ying Liu, Si Li +5
We theoretically study the three-dimensional topological semimetals with nodal surfaces protected by crystalline symmetries. Different from the well-known nodal-point and nodal-lin…
Three-dimensional Pentagon Carbon with a genesis of emergent fermions
Chengyong Zhong, Yuanping Chen, Zhi-Ming Yu +4
Carbon, the basic building block of our universe, enjoys a vast number of allotropic structures. Owing to its bonding characteristic, most carbon allotropes possess the motif of he…
Semi-Dirac Semimetal in Silicene Oxide
Chengyong Zhong, Yuanping Chen, Yuee Xie +2
Semi-Dirac semimetal is a material exhibiting linear band dispersion in one direction and quadratic band dispersion in the orthogonal direction and, therefore, hosts massless and m…
Type-I and type-II Dirac fermions in graphene with nitrogen-molecule line defects
Honghong Zhang, Yuee Xie, Chengyong Zhong +2
Recently, type-II Dirac fermions characterized by strongly titled Dirac cones have been proposed. The new fermions exhibit unique physical properties different from the type-I Dira…
Dirac Nodal Lines and Tilted Semi-Dirac Cones Coexisting in a Striped Boron Sheet
Honghong Zhang, Yuee Xie, Zhongwei Zhang +4
The enchanting Dirac fermions in graphene stimulated us to seek for other two-dimensional (2D) Dirac materials, and boron monolayers may be a good candidate. So far, a number of mo…
Electron and phonon properties and gas storage in carbon honeycomb
Yan Gao, Yuanping Chen, Chengyong Zhong +3
A new kind of three-dimensional carbon allotropes, termed carbon honeycomb (CHC), has recently been synthesized [PRL 116, 055501 (2016)]. Based on the experimental results, a famil…
Coexistence of flat bands and Dirac bands in a carbon-Kagome-lattice family
Chengyong Zhong, Yuee Xie, Yuanping Chen +1
The Dirac bands and flat bands are difficult to coexist because they represent two extreme ends of electronic properties. However, in this paper, we propose a carbon-Kagome-lattice…
Towards Three-Dimensional Weyl-SurfaceSemimetals in Graphene Networks
Chengyong Zhong, Yuanping Chen, Yuee Xie +3
Graphene as a two-dimensional (2D) topological Dirac semimetal has attracted much attention for its outstanding properties and potential applications. However, three-dimensional (3…