Crystal Structures and Mechanical Properties of Ca2C at High Pressure

Recently, a new high-pressure semiconductor phase of Ca2C (space group Pnma) was successfully synthesized, it has a low-pressure metallic phase (space group C2/m). In this paper, a systematic investigation of the pressure-induced phase transition of Ca2C is studied on the basis of first-principles c...

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Main Authors: Qun Wei, Quan Zhang, Meiguang Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-07-01
Series:Materials
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/9/7/570