Mechanical strengths of silicon nitrides studied by ab initio calculations

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Zhang, R F ^a   Sheng, S H ^a   Veprek, S ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

SHEAR LOADS; STRESS STRAIN PROPERTIES; TENSILE LOADS;

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 34248357808     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2737376     Document Type: Article

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