Hardness and fracture toughness of brittle materials: A density functional theory study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 1-6

  Ding, Zenong ^a   Zhou, Shujia ^b   Zhao, Yusheng ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON DERIVATIVE; BORON NITRIDE; BORON SUBOXIDE; DIAMOND; SILICON DERIVATIVE; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY; HARDNESS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRENGTH; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 12144276991     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.184117     Document Type: Article

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