A nanothermodynamic analysis of cubic boron nitride nucleation upon CVD

Chemical Vapor Deposition

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 280-283

  Wang, Cheng Xin ^a   Liu, Qiu Xiang ^a   Yang, Guo Wei ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cubic boron nitride (c BN); Gibbs' free energy; Nanothermodynamics; Nucleation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; FREE ENERGY; NUCLEATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMICS;

COMPRESSIVE STRESS MODEL; CUBIC BORON NITRIDE NUCLEATION; NANOARCHES MODEL; NANOTHERMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

BORON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 10444242644     PISSN: 09481907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cvde.200306291     Document Type: Article

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