Electronic mechanism of hardness enhancement in transition-metal carbonitrides

Nature

Volumn 399, Issue 6732, 1999, Pages 132-134

  Jhi, Seung Hoon ^a   Ihm, Jisoon ^a   Loule, Steven G ^b,c   Cohen, Marvin L ^b,c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; METAL DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HARDNESS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS;

BAND STRUCTURE; CARBIDES; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; NITRIDES; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRAIN; TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS; WEAR RESISTANCE;

TRANSITION METAL CARBONITRIDES;

HARDNESS;

EID: 0033551340     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/20148     Document Type: Article

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