Thermally induced self-hardening of nanocrystalline Ti-B-N thin films

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Mayrhofer, P H ^a   Mitterer, C ^a   Wen, J G ^b   Petrov, I ^b   Greene, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CALORIMETRY; ELASTIC MODULI; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; INDENTATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

INTERFACE BOUNDARIES; NANOCRYSTALLINE FILMS; STRUCTURAL REARRANGEMENT; TI-B-N FILMS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33748304476     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2222406     Document Type: Article

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