Among hard materials, icosahedra-based boron-rich ceramics are only second to diamond-
based structures. This class of ceramics possesses lower density, higher thermal and …

DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201604003 high electrical conductivity has been an urgent task, calling
for more experimental effort along this direction. During last decade, the borides of transition …

The aim of the present review is to highlight the state of the art in high-pressure design of
new advanced materials based on boron nitride. Recent experimental achievements on the …

A brief overview of the high-pressure synthesis of superhard and ultrahard materials is
presented in this tutorial paper. Modern high-pressure chemistry represents a vast exciting …

Recent experiments have reported that nanotwinned ceramics with covalent or ionic bonds
exhibit unprecedented hardness, enhanced fracture toughness and improved thermal …

Enhanced ferroelectricity in two-dimensional (2D) SnTe exhibiting a higher transition
temperature (T c) than its bulk counterpart was recently discovered [Chang et al., Science …

Nanotwinned structures in superhard ceramics rhombohedral boron suboxide (R-B6O) have
been examined using a combination of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and …

Boron-rich compounds have attracted much attention due to their interesting structures and
excellent properties. Here, we performed an extensive study on the different B–P …

We search for stable compounds of boron and oxygen at pressures from 0 to 500 GPa using
the ab initio evolutionary algorithm uspex. Only two stable stoichiometries of boron oxides …

Computational methods can potentially accelerate development of more efficient organic
materials for second harmonic generation. Here, we test the method that includes the …