Super hard cubic phases of period VI transition metal nitrides: First principles investigation

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 517, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 824-827

  Patil, S K R ^a   Mangale, N S ^a   Khare, S V ^b   Marsillac, S ^b  

^a Toledo   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coatings; Elastic properties; Hardness; Nitrides

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; CUTTING TOOLS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FLUORSPAR; HAFNIUM; HARD COATINGS; HARDNESS; IRIDIUM; MANGANESE ALLOYS; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL STABILITY; NITRIDES; OSMIUM; PLATING; PLATINUM; PLATINUM METALS; PYRITES; RHENIUM; TANTALUM; TANTALUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION METALS; ZINC;

AB INITIO COMPUTATIONS; ALL PHASES; BULK MODULUS; COATING MATERIALS; CUBIC PHASIS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FIRST PRINCIPLES; FLUORITE STRUCTURES; GREAT-ER; LOCAL DENSITY OF STATES; ROCKSALT; ROCKSALT PHASES; SHEAR MODULUS; STABLE PHASIS; SUPER HARDNESSES; SYSTEMATIC STUDIES; VALENCE ELECTRON DENSITIES;

ELASTIC MODULI;

EID: 55049102271     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2008.07.034     Document Type: Article

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