Predicting hardness of covalentionic solid solution from first-principles theory

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Hu, Q M ^a,b   Kadas K ^c,d   Hogmark, S ^c   Yang, R ^a   Johansson, B ^b,c   Vitos, L ^b,c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARDNESS; NITRIDES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; STOICHIOMETRY; TITANIUM CARBIDE;

FIRST-PRINCIPLES THEORY; IONIC SOLID SOLUTIONS; SPINEL MATERIALS; THEORETICAL HARDNESS;

SOLID SOLUTIONS;

EID: 34648826751     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2789708     Document Type: Article

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