The structural and electronic properties of BN and BP compounds and BNxP1−x alloys

Elasticity of cubic boron nitride under ambient conditions

“…[1][2][3][4][5] The properties of cBN thus far determined indicate that it is an excellent candidate for pressure calibration in simultaneous high-temperature high-pressure experiments using the diamond-anvil cell. 6 Most previous studies of the physical properties of cubic boron nitride were performed by computer simulations, including the tight-binding method, 7,8 molecular dynamics, 9,10 total energy calculations, 11 full-potential, [12][13][14] empirical potential calculation, 15,16 pseudopotential calculation, 4,17,18 local density calculation, 19,20 combined density and pseudopotential calculation, [21][22][23][24] and the all-electron quantum Monte Carlo method. 25 There have also been several experimental studies of the elastic properties of cBN, including static-compression determination of the room-temperature equation of state by x-ray diffraction, 4,6 Young's modulus measurements by the image load method, 26 elastic modulus measurement on sintered polycrystalline samples by a dynamic resonance method, 27 and single-crystal measurements by Brillouin scattering.…”

Formation of flower-like MgO crystal and its effect on the photoluminescence of Mg-cBN ceramics

“…Cubic boron nitride (cBN), one of the extremely hard (second only to diamond) [1] and the lightest materials in III-V compounds, has fascinating properties, such as high thermal conductivity, high chemical inertness and thermal stability [2,3]. Its electronic properties, dominated by a wide band gap and a relatively small dielectric constant [4][5][6][7], and the feasibility to be doped into both n-and p-type semiconductors [8] enable cBN great potential to be used as ultraviolet optic and high-temperature microelectronic materials at high power level and in a caustic environment [9,10].…”

Analysis of Cubic Boron Nitride Single Crystal Defects Growth under High Temperature and High Pressure

“…Cubic boron nitride (cBN) single crystals have a high hardness, high melting point, high thermal conductivity, wide energy gap, and low dielectric constant, which make them highly promising materials [1][2][3][4]. At present, cBN single crystals are synthesized using hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) as the source material and lithium nitride (Li 3 N) as the catalyst by the static high temperature and high pressure (HPHT) catalytic method [5][6][7].…”