Unexpectedly low indentation strength of WB 3 and MoB 3 from first principles

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 18, 2012, Pages

  Zang, Chenpeng ^a,b   Sun, Hong ^a,b   Chen, Changfeng ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 84869072078     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.180101     Document Type: Article

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