Wang M, Liu C, Wen M, Li Q, Ma Y. Investigations on structural determination of semi-transition-metal borides.
Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017;
19:31592-31598. [DOI:
10.1039/c7cp06550g]
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Abstract
The present calculations show a series of semi-transition-metal borides with the long-assumed I4/mcm symmetry are dynamically unstable and I4/m structure is predicted to be both energetically and dynamically stable by freezing the unstable phonon mode.
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