Hardness of FeB4: Density functional theory investigation

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 140, Issue 17, 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Miao ^a   Lu, Mingchun ^b   Du, Yonghui ^a   Gao, Lili ^a   Lu, Cheng ^c   Liu, Hanyu ^d  

^a BEIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JILIN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NANYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; IRON COMPOUNDS; POLYPROPYLENES; TRANSITION METALS;

ELECTRON LOCALIZATION FUNCTION; ELECTRONIC CALCULATION; LOADING DIRECTION; SHEAR LOADINGS; STRESS STRAIN RELATION; STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; SUPERHARD MATERIAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

VICKERS HARDNESS;

EID: 84900007315     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4871627     Document Type: Article

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