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SUBMITTER: Wang S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4558542 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Shanmin S Antonio Daniel D Yu Xiaohui X Zhang Jianzhong J Cornelius Andrew L AL He Duanwei D Zhao Yusheng Y
Scientific reports 20150903
Transition-metal (TM) nitrides are a class of compounds with a wide range of properties and applications. Hard superconducting nitrides are of particular interest for electronic applications under working conditions such as coating and high stress (e.g., electromechanical systems). However, most of the known TM nitrides crystallize in the rock-salt structure, a structure that is unfavorable to resist shear strain, and they exhibit relatively low indentation hardness, typically in the range of 10 ...[more]