Electronic structure and bulk properties of β-SiAlONs

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1162-1167

  Benco, L'ubomír ^a   Hafner, Jürgen ^a   Lenčéš, Zoltán ^b   Šajgalík, Pavol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL LATTICES; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

BAND GAPS;

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 0041842603     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2003.tb03442.x     Document Type: Article

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