Hardness of covalent compounds: Roles of metallic component and d valence electrons

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Guo, Xiaoju ^a   Li, Lei ^a   Liu, Zhongyuan ^a   Yu, Dongli ^a   He, Julong ^a   Liu, Riping ^a   Xu, Bo ^a   Tian, Yongjun ^a   Wang, Hui Tian ^b  

^a YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL); CARBIDES; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HARDNESS; METALLIZING; METALS; NITRIDES; POWDERS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; TRANSITION METALS; VICKERS HARDNESS; ZIRCONIUM;

BOND DENSITIES; CHEMICAL-; COVALENCY; COVALENT COMPOUNDS; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS; IONICITY; METALLIC COMPONENTS; METALLICITY; MONOCARBIDES; MONONITRIDES; TRANSITION-METAL CARBIDES; VALENCE ELECTRONS;

BOND LENGTH;

EID: 48849104994     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2956594     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. H. Holleck, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 4, 2661 (1986).
2. K. Inumaru, T. Ohara, K. Tanaka, and S. Yamanaka, Appl. Surf. Sci. 235, 460 (2004).
3. S. H. Jhi, J. S. Ihm, S. G. Louie, and M. L. Cohen, Nature (London) 399, 132 (1999).
4. D. J. Kim, Y. R. Cho, M. J. Lee, J. M. Hong, Y. K. Kim, and K. H. Lee, Surf. Coat. Technol. 116-119, 906 (1999).
5. S. M. Aouadi, J. Appl. Phys. 99, 053507 (2006).
6. C. Maerky, M. O. Guillou, J. L. Henshall, and R. M. Hooper, Mater. Sci. Eng., A 209, 329 (1996).
7. A. Zerr, G. Meihe, and R. Riedel, Nat. Mater. 2, 185 (2003).
8. P. Kroll, T. Schröter, and M. Peters, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 44, 4249 (2005).
9. P. Kroll, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 125501 (2003).
10. M. Xu, S. Y. Wang, G. Yin, J. Li, Y. X. Zheng, L. Y. Chen, and Y. Jia, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 151908 (2006).
11. E. Gregoryanz, C. Sanloup, M. Somayazulu, J. Badro, G. Fiquet, H. K. Mao, and R. J. Hemley, Nat. Mater. 3, 294 (2004).
12. J. C. Crowhurst, A. F. Goncharov, B. Sadigh, C. L. Evans, P. G. Morrall, J. L. Ferreira, and A. J. Nelson, Science 311, 1275 (2006).
13. B. R. Sahu and L. Kleinman, Phys. Rev. B 71, 041101 (2005).
14. J. Uddin and G. E. Scuseria, Phys. Rev. B 72, 035101 (2005).
15. M. B. Kanoun and S. Goumri-Said, Phys. Rev. B 72, 113103 (2005).
16. J. V. Appen, M. W. Lumey, and R. Dronskowski, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 45, 4365 (2006).
17. R. Yu, Q. Zhan, and X. F. Zhang, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 051913 (2006).
18. A. F. Young, C. Sanloup, E. Gregoryanz, S. Scandolo, R. J. Hemley, and H. K. Mao, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 155501 (2006).
19. J. Haines, J. M. Ĺger, and G. Bocquillon, Annu. Rev. Mater. Res. 31, 1 (2001).
20. J. L. He, L. C. Guo, X. J. Guo, R. P. Liu, Y. J. Tian, H. T. Wang, and C. X. Gao, Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 101906 (2006).
21. F. J. Ribeiro, P. Tangney, S. G. Louie, and M. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev. B 74, 172101 (2006).
22. Y. Zhang, H. Sun, and C. F. Chen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 195504 (2004).
23. F. M. Gao, J. L. He, E. D. Wu, S. M. Liu, D. L. Yu, D. C. Li, S. Y. Zhang, and Y. J. Tian, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 015502 (2003).
24. A. Šimůnek and J. Vackář, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 085501 (2006).
25. Z. Y. Liu, X. J. Guo, J. L. He, D. L. Yu, and Y. J. Tian, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 109601 (2007).
26. S. H. Jhi, J. S. Ihm, S. G. Louie, and M. L. Cohen, Nature (London) 399, 132 (1999).
27. H. O. Pierson, Handbook of Refractory Carbides and Nitrides, (Noyes, Westwood, NJ, 1996), Chaps., and.
28. J. P. Perdew, K. Burke, and M. Ernzerhof, Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 3865 (1996).
29. H. J. Monkhorst and J. D. Pack, Phys. Rev. B 13, 5188 (1976).
30. J. S. Blakemore, Solid State Physics, 2nd ed. (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1985), Chap..
31. J. L. He, E. D. Wu, H. T. Wang, R. P. Liu, and Y. J. Tian, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 015504 (2005).
32. L. Pauling, The Nature of the Chemical Bond and the Structure of Molecules and Crystals (Cornell University Press, New York, 1960), Chap..
33. B. F. Levine, J. Chem. Phys. 59, 1463 (1973).
34. X. J. Chen, V. V. Struzhkin, Z. G. Wu, M. Somayazulu, J. Qian, S. M. Kung, A. N. Christensen, Y. S. Zhao, R. E. Cohen, H. K. Mao, and R. J. Hemley, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 102, 3198 (2005).
35. http://www.ultramet.com/ceramic_protective_coatings.html
36. J. Shackelford and W. Alexander, Materials Science and Engineering Handbook, 3rd ed. (CRC, Boca Raton, FL, 2001), p. 471.
37. G. R. Lee, J. J. Lee, C. S. Shin, I. Petrov, and J. E. Greene, Thin Solid Films 475, 45 (2005).
38. F. M. Gao, Phys. Rev. B 73, 132104 (2006).
39. A. Šimůnek, Phys. Rev. B 75, 172108 (2007).
40. P. Kroll, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 125501 (2003).
41. M. Chhowalla and H. E. Unalan, Nat. Mater. 4, 317 (2005).
42. Z. Y. Liu, J. L. He, J. Yang, X. J. Guo, H. Sun, H. T. Wang, E. D. Wu, and Y. J. Tian, Phys. Rev. B 73, 172101 (2006).
43. J. L. He, L. C. Guo, E. D. Wu, X. G. Luo, and Y. J. Tian, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 16, 8131 (2004).
44. X. J. Guo, Z. Y. Liu, X. G. Luo, D. L. Yu, J. L. He, Y. J. Tian, J. Sun, and H. T. Wang, Diamond Relat. Mater. 16, 526 (2007).
45. J. L. He, L. C. Guo, D. L. Yu, R. P. Liu, Y. J. Tian, and H. T. Wang, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 5571 (2004).
46. Z. W. Chen, X. J. Guo, Z. Y. Liu, M. Z. Ma, Q. Jing, G. Li, X. Y. Zhang, L. X. Li, Q. Wang, Y. J. Tian, and R. P. Liu, Phys. Rev. B 75, 054103 (2007).
47. J. A. Montoya, A. D. Hernandez, C. Sanloup, E. Gregoryanz, and S. Scandolo, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 011909 (2007).
48. F. Occelli, D. L. Farber, J. Badro, C. M. Aracne, D. M. Teter, M. Hanfland, B. Canny, and B. Couzinet, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 095502 (2004).
49. R. B. Kaner, J. J. Gilman, and S. H. Tolbert, Science 308, 1268 (2005).