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most citedComplex low energy tetrahedral polymorphs of group IV elements from first-principles

143 citations · 612 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021

Ground state configuration of hydrogenated Biphenylene sheet: structure, stabilities, electronic and mechanical properties from first-principles calculations

YuJie Liao, XiZhi Shi, Tao Ouyang +5

Based on first-principles calculations, the ground state configuration (Cmma-CH) of hydrogenated Biphenylene sheet (Science, 372, 852, 2021) is carefully identified from hundreds o…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 18 cited

New structure canditates for the experimentally synthesized heptazine-based and triazine-based two dimensional graphitic carbon nitride

Luneng zhao, Xizhi Shi, Jin Li +5

The widely used crystal structures for both heptazine-based and triazine-based two-dimensional (2D) graphitic carbon nitride (g-CN) are the flat P-6m2 configurations. Howev…

physics.comp-ph2020★ 95 cited

Theoretical prediction of a low-energy Stone-Wales graphene with intrinsic type-III Dirac-cone

Zhenghao Gong, XiZhi Shi, Jin Li +6

Based on first-principles method we predict a new low-energy Stone-Wales graphene SW40, which has an orthorhombic lattice with Pbam symmetry and 40 carbon atoms in its crystalline…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 4 cited

Stone-Wales graphene: A Two Dimensional Carbon Semi-Metal with Magic Stability

HengChuang Yin, Xizhi Shi, Chaoyu He +7

A two-dimensional carbon allotrope, Stone-Wales graphene, is identified in stochastic group and graph constrained searches and systematically investigated by first-principles calcu…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 143 cited

Complex low energy tetrahedral polymorphs of group IV elements from first-principles

Chaoyu He, Xizhi Shi, S. J. Clark +6

The energy landscape of carbon is exceedingly complex, hosting diverse and important metastable phases, including diamond, fullerenes, nanotubes and graphene. Searching for structu…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 25 cited

New allotropes of phosphorene with remarkable stability and intrinsic piezoelectricity

Zhenqing Li, Chaoyu He, Tao Ouyang +4

In this letter, we show that a new class of two-dimensional phosphorus allotropes can be constructed via assembling the previously proposed ultrathin metastable phosphorus nanotube…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2016

New Boys and Girls in Phosphorene Family from Gene Recombination: Different from Parents, Excellent than Parents

Chaoyu He, Chunxiao Zhang, Tao Ouyang +2

Based on the crystal structures of the previously proposed low energy phosphorene allotropes η-P and θ-P (Nano. Lett. 2015, 15, 3557), we propose five new structural stable phospho…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2015★ 65 cited

Direct and quasi-direct band gap silicon allotropes with remarkable stability

Chaoyu He, Jin Li, xiangyang Peng +3

In our present work, five previously proposed sp carbon crystals were suggested as silicon allotropes and their stabilities, electronic and optical properties were investigated…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2014★ 35 cited

Simple Cubic Carbon Phase C21-sc: A Promising Superhard Carbon Conductor

Chaoyu He, Lijun Meng, Chao Tang +1

Traditionally, all superhard carbon phases including diamond are electric insulators and all conductive carbon phases including graphite are mechanically soft. Based on first-princ…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2012★ 51 cited

Structure, stability and electronic properties of tricycle type graphane

Chaoyu He, L. Z. Sun, C. X. Zhang +3

We propose a new allotrope of graphane, named as tricycle graphane,with a 4up/2down UUUDUD hydrogenation in each hexagonal carbon ring,which is different from previously proposed a…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2012★ 74 cited

Four superhard carbon allotropes: First-principle study

Chaoyu He, L. Z. Sun, C. X. Zhang +3

Using a generalized genetic algorithm, we propose four new sp3 carbon allotropes with 5-6-7 (5-6-7-type Z-ACA and Z-CACB) or 4-6-8(4-6-8-type Z4-A3B1 and A4-A2B2) carbon rings. The…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2012

First-principles study of a novel superhard boron nitride phase

Chaoyu He, L. Z. Sun, C. X. Zhang +3

A superhard boron nitride phase dubbed as Z-BN is proposed as possible intermediate phase between h-BN and zinc blende BN (c-BN), and investigated using first-principles calculatio…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2012★ 102 cited

New Superhard Carbon Phases Between Graphite and Diamond

Chaoyu He, L. Z. Sun, C. X. Zhang +3

Two new carbon allotropes (H-carbon and S-carbon) are proposed, as possible candidates for the intermediate superhard phases between graphite and diamond obtained in the process of…