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    Tuning Properties of Amorphous Boron Via Hydrogenation: An Ab Initio Study
    (Elsevier, 2026-01) Durandurdu, Murat
    Ab initio simulations are employed to investigate the structural, mechanical, and electronic properties of hydrogenated amorphous boron (a-B:H) across a range of hydrogen concentrations (approximate to 6-21 at.%). The results indicate that pentagonal-like boron clusters constitute the primary structural motifs. The bonding environment consists of both B-H terminal bonds and B-H-B bridging bonds, with the fraction of bridging bonds ranging from 10 % to 16 %. Increasing the hydrogen content leads to a reduction in density and bulk modulus, accompanied by a systematic widening of the electronic band gap. These results demonstrate that hydrogen incorporation profoundly modifies the atomic structure, softens the network, and enhances the semiconducting character of a-B:H, highlighting the tunability of properties in boron-based amorphous materials.
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    Liquid Boron and Amorphous Boron: An Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Study
    (Elsevier, 2015-06) Durandurdu, Murat
    The atomic structure of liquid and amorphous boron is investigated using an ab initio molecular dynamics technique. Liquid and amorphous states are found to have notably different microstructures and an average coordination number. Ideal and defective pentagonal pyramidal polyhedrons are the primary building unit of liquid boron but B-12 icosahedra do not exist in the liquid state. During the rapid solidification, more ideal pentagonal pyramids develop progressively, resulting into a gradual formation of B-12 icosahedra. On the basis of our findings, the atomic packing of pure amorphous boron is proposed to be somewhat close to that of the alpha-rhombohedral phase in contrast to the previous suggestions. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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    Densification of Amorphous Boron Under Pressure
    (Elsevier, 2017-09) Durandurdu, Murat
    The densification mechanism of amorphous boron under pressure is investigated using a constant pressure ab initio technique and found to be associated with two consecutive amorphous-to-amorphous phase transformations. Amorphous boron gradually transforms into a high density amorphous phase, followed by a first order phase transformation into another high density amorphous state. The high density amorphous phases of boron are not quenchable to ambient pressure. Most quasimolecular B-12 icosahedra in the model are found to be stable at the highest the theoretical pressure of 280 GPa reached in the present work and thus the phase transformations are principally due to the re-structural arrangements in the parts of the model connecting B-12 icosahedra.