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Titel:

Stability and Strength of Transition-Metal Tetraborides and Triborides

Autor(en):
ZHANG, R. F.; Legut, D.; Lin, Z. J.; Zhao, Y. S.; Mao, H. K.; VEPREK, S.
Abstract:
Using density functional theory, we show that the long-believed transition-metal tetraborides (TB4) of tungsten and molybdenum are in fact triborides (TB3). This finding is supported by thermodynamic, mechanical, and phonon instabilities of TB4, and it challenges the previously proposed origin of superhardness of these compounds and the predictability of the generally used hardness model. Theoretical calculations for the newly identified stable TB3 structure correctly reproduce their structural...     »
Zeitschriftentitel:
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Jahr:
2012
Band / Volume:
108
Heft / Issue:
25
Volltext / DOI:
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.255502
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