Mechanical and electronic properties of diamondlike BC5

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science A

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 177-182

  Zhang, Qing ^a   Wang, Shi Ming ^b   Liang, Yong Cheng ^b,c  

^a XINZHOU TEACHERS UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Diamondlike BC5; Mechanical properties; Metallicity

Indexed keywords

BORON CONTENT; BULK MODULUS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; DIAMOND-LIKE; HIGH HARDNESS; LARGE SHEAR; MECHANICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; METALLIC FEATURE; METALLICITIES; SUPERHARD; SUPERHARD MATERIAL;

ASTROPHYSICS; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HARDNESS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 79955827295     PISSN: 1673565X     EISSN: 18621775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.A1000269     Document Type: Article

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