Deposition of diamond-like superhard materials /

This book deals with the deposition of a certain class of materials, namely the diamond-like superhard materials, in the form of thin films. Starting from concepts used to improve the hardness of a material, it is shown that the intrinsic hardness is highest for materials with low bond lengths, high...

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Main Author: Kulisch, Wilhelm
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [1999]
Series:Springer tracts in modern physics ; 157.
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Summary:This book deals with the deposition of a certain class of materials, namely the diamond-like superhard materials, in the form of thin films. Starting from concepts used to improve the hardness of a material, it is shown that the intrinsic hardness is highest for materials with low bond lengths, high coordination numbers, and low ionicities. It is further shown that such diamond-like materials (e.g. diamond, cubic boron nitride, tetrahedrically bonded carbon nitride) are distinguished by a variety of other unique and extreme properties.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 191 pages) : illustrations : digital, HTML and PDF files.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-186) and index.
ISBN:9783540491651 (electronic bk.)
3540491651 (electronic bk.)
ISSN:1615-0430 ;