Grain growth in nanocomposite Ti-B-N films during deposition: The effect of amorphous phase precipitation

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-87

  Liu, Z J ^a   Lu, Y H ^a   Shen, Y G ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SPUTTER DEPOSITION; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AMORPHOUS PHASE PRECIPITATION; EXPONENTIAL DECAY; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33644504520     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2006.0038     Document Type: Article

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