Crystal engineering using functionalized adamantane

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2012-04-13

arxiv.org/abs/1204.2863v1

J C Garcia et al 2010 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 22 315303

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

Scientific paper

10.1088/0953-8984/22/31/315303

We performed a first principles investigation on the structural, electronic, and optical properties of crystals made of chemically functionalized adamantane molecules. Several molecular building blocks, formed by boron and nitrogen substitutional functionalizations, were considered to build zincblende and wurtzite crystals, and the resulting structures presented large bulk moduli and cohesive energies, wide and direct bandgaps, and low dielectric constants (low-$\kappa$ materials). Those properties provide stability for such structures up to room temperature, superior to those of typical molecular crystals. This indicates a possible road map for crystal engineering using functionalized diamondoids, with potential applications ranging from space filling between conducting wires in nanodevices to nano-electro-mechanical systems.

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