Interface structure in superhard TiN-SiN nanolaminates and nanocomposites: Film growth experiments and ab initio calculations

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Hultman, Lars ^a   Bareño, Javier ^b   Flink, Axel ^a   Söderberg, Hans ^c   Larsson, Karin ^d   Petrova, Vania ^b   Odén, Magnus ^c   Greene, J E ^b   Petrov, Ivan ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 34247558037     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.155437     Document Type: Article

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