Structural and chemical phase transitions in tungsten carbide films evidenced by the analysis of their stiffness tensors

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Wittkowski, T ^a,b   Jung, K ^a   Hillebrands, B ^a   Comins, J D ^b  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC CONSTANTS; STIFFNESS TENSORS; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE FILMS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; STIFFNESS; SUBSTRATES; TENSORS;

METALLIC FILMS;

EID: 33749991101     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2356098     Document Type: Article

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