Pressure Dependence of Electronic, Vibrational and Optical Properties of wurtzite-Boron Nitride

Martino Silvetti, Claudio Attaccalite, Elena Cannuccia

Wurtzite Boron Nitride ($w$BN) is a wide band gap BN polymorph with peculiar mechanical properties (hardness and stiffness). After its first synthesis in 1963 as a transformation o…