Cation-aided joining of surfaces of β-silicon nitride: Structural and electronic aspects

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1248-1255

  Dudešek, Pavel ^a   Benco, L'Ubomír ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONDING; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); STOICHIOMETRY;

ELECTRONIC DRIVING FORCE;

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 0032071124     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1998.tb02475.x     Document Type: Article

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