Relationship between layered crystal structure and mechanical properties of M3AlN (M = Zr and Hf): A first-principles investigation

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3523-3532

  Wang, Jiemin ^a,b   Wang, Jingyang ^a   Li, Fangzhi ^a,b   Zhou, Yanchun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALN; ALN CERAMIC; BONDING CHARACTER; CAUCHY PRESSURE; CHEMICAL BONDINGS; DAMAGE TOLERANT; DEFORMATION MODES; FIRST PRINCIPLES METHOD; FIRST-PRINCIPLES INVESTIGATIONS; IDEAL SHEAR STRENGTH; IDEAL STRENGTH; LAYERED CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MAX PHASIS; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; MODULUS RATIO; SECOND ORDERS; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIPS;

ALUMINUM; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COVALENT BONDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HAFNIUM; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NITRIDES; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRAIN; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; TENSILE STRENGTH; ZIRCONIUM;

SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 77952640750     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2009.0437     Document Type: Article

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