First--principles electronic structure calculations have been performed to help identify and direct the synthesis of new superhard compounds. An improved figure of merit for hardness is identified and used to show that carbon nitrides are not likely to be harder than diamond. / Ph. D.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/40510 |
| Date | 22 July 1998 |
| Creators | Teter, David Michael |
| Contributors | Materials Science and Engineering, Gibbs, Gerald V., Prewitt, C. T., Cox, David F., Curtin, William A. Jr., Boisen, Monte B. Jr. |
| Publisher | Virginia Tech |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Relation | etd.pdf |
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