Nanostructure evolution and properties of two-phase nc-Ti(C, N)/a-(C, CNx) nanocomposites by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and Raman spectroscopy

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2460-2469

  Lu, Y H ^a   Shen, Y G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; DISSOLUTION; MICROHARDNESS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALLITES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOLID SOLUTIONS; STOICHIOMETRY; THIN FILMS;

ATOMIC RATIO; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; NANOSTRUCTURE EVOLUTION; PHASE CONFIGURATION;

TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34748853681     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2007.0304     Document Type: Article

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