A novel superhard tetragonal carbon mononitride

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3202-3208

  Zhang, Meiguang ^a   Wei, Qun ^b   Yan, Haiyan ^a   Zhao, Yaru ^a   Wang, Hui ^c  

^a BAOJI UNIVERSITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (China)

^b XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84894086172     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp409152t     Document Type: Article

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