Numéro
J. Phys. IV France
Volume 11, Numéro PR3, Août 2001
Thirteenth European Conference on Chemical Vapor Deposition
Page(s) Pr3-423 - Pr3-430
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:2001353
Thirteenth European Conference on Chemical Vapor Deposition

J. Phys. IV France 11 (2001) Pr3-423-Pr3-430

DOI: 10.1051/jp4:2001353

Gas-phase stability of c-BN clusters

K. Larsson

Department of Materials Chemistry, The Angstrom Laboratory, Box 538, 75121 Uppsala, Sweden


Abstract
The stability of various cluster-sizes of H- and F-terminated c-BN, compared to corresponding clusters of h-BN, has been investigated theoretically using the ab initio molecular orbital method at the MP2 order of theory. For comparison, a corresponding investigation has also been performed for H-terminated diamond and graphite clusters. The cubic phase of C (diamond) was for al1 cluster-sizes investigated found to be more stable than cBN. The thermodynamically most stable phase obtained for the smallest BN cluster (containing one B and one N) was the hexagonal one. Both diamond and c-BN gas phase nuclei were found to be more stabilized for cluster-sizes larger than 6 C (or 3 B + 3 N) atoms. This stabilization energy tend to decrease drastically by using F (instead of H) as terminating species.



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