title: Lowest enthalpy polymorph of cold-compressed graphite phase.
abstract: Based on an ab initio evolutionary algorithm, a novel carbon polymorph with an orthorhombic Cmcm symmetry is predicted, named as C carbon, which has the lowest enthalpy among the previously proposed cold-compressed graphite phases.
authors.affiliation: State Key Lab of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun, PR China.
authors.forename: Da
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Kuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.forename: Fubo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Zhenwu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Zhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Bingbing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Tian
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cui
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003080:Cold Temperature; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry*; D011789:Quantum Theory; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D006108:Graphite