Potential superhard cubic spinel C Si2 N4: First-principles investigations

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Zhang, Xinyu ^a   Chen, Zhouwen ^a,b   Du, Huijing ^a   Yang, Chao ^a   Ma, Mingzhen ^a   He, Julong ^a   Tian, Yongjun ^a   Liu, Riping ^a  

^a YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTATION THEORY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

ENERGY CALCULATIONS; SUPERHARD MATERIAL;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

EID: 43049084067     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2903145     Document Type: Article

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