Surface hardness enhancement in s p3-bonded carbon doped SiC nanocomposite films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  He, Xiaodong ^a   Yi, Jian ^a   Sun, Yue ^a   Xiao, Ping ^b   Zhao, Xiaofeng ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; HARDNESS; SILICON CARBIDE; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

DIAMONDLIKE CARBON COMPOSITES; HYSITRON INDENTATION; SUPERHARDNESS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 37149044728     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2824811     Document Type: Article

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