Enhanced mechanical hardness in epitaxial nonisostructural Mo/NbN and W/NbN superlattices

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 776-785

  Madan, A ^a   Wang, Yun Yu ^a,d   Barnett, S A ^a   Engstrom C ^b   Ljungcrantz, H ^b,e   Hultman, L ^b   Grimsditch, M ^c  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d IBM   (United States)

^e Impact Coatings AB   (Sweden)

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EID: 0000109956     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.368137     Document Type: Article

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