六角相硼碳氮化合物的合成研究

 以三聚氰胺和氧化硼为原料,利用真空热处理和高温高压技术,对BCN化合物的形成及结构进行了研究。在真空条件下,原料经1 100 K热处理得到非晶BCN的前驱物,将前驱物在5.0 GPa、1 500 K条件下高温高压热处理30 min,合成出了单相的六角BCN晶体。采用Materials Studio软件的Reflex模块对样品的X射线衍射图谱进行分析,结果表明,得到的样品为纯的六角相,晶格常数为a=0.250 5 nm,c=0.665 9 nm。对样品进行了透射电镜（TEM）分析,得到了样品的形貌和电子衍射,同样证实了样品为六角BCN晶体,晶粒尺寸约200 nm。对样品进行了XPS表征,确定了样品中存在C—C、C—N、C—B、N—B键,表明B、C、N三元素之间达到了原子级化合,样品的组分含量通过EDX进行标定。     

A molecular dynamics study of the mechanical properties of h-BCN monolayer using a modified Tersoff interatomic potential

Using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, we investigate the mechanical properties of hexagonal BCN monolayer, a newly synthesized two-dimensional material with an atom ratio of B/C/N = 1:1:1. The Tersoff potential is modified to get good agreement between predicted and measured fracture strengths of graphene. With this modified Tersoff potential, we perform extensive MD simulations to study the effect of temperature, strain rate and vacancy defect on the mechanical properties of h-BCN. It is found that h-BCN is a strong material with fracture strength of 81.4–93.5 GPa, albeit ∼35% lower than that of graphene. Similar to graphene, temperature has strong effect on the mechanical properties of h-BCN. As the temperature increases from 10 K to 1300 K, the fracture strength and strain of h-BCN drops by 55% and 62%, respectively. The strain rate is found to have a moderate effect. When the strain rate increases from 0.00002 to 0.0125 ps⁻¹, the fracture strength and strain of h-BCN increases 6.1% and 12%, respectively. As for the atomic defect, a very small concentration (0.028%) of vacancy in h-BCN is able to cause a 28% reduction in fracture strength and a 35.5% reduction in fracture strain. These findings have significance for its future applications in nanodevices.