First-principles study of rare-earth effects on grain growth and microstructure in β-Si3N4 ceramics

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 14, 2004, Pages

  Painter, G S ^a   Becher, P F ^a   Shelton, W A ^a   Satet, R L ^b   Hoffmann, M J ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANTHANIDE; SILICON NITRIDE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENERGY; GRAIN;

EID: 37649033060     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.144108     Document Type: Article

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