First principles studies of ideal strength and bonding nature of AlN polymorphs in comparison to TiN

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 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

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMORPHISM; TENSILE STRENGTH; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

FIRST PRINCIPLES STUDIES; HARDNESS ENHANCEMENT;

STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

EID: 34547211775     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2759265     Document Type: Article

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