Ultrahard nanotwinned cubic boron nitride

Yongjun Tian (), Bo Xu, Dongli Yu, Yanming Ma, Yanbin Wang, Yingbing Jiang, Wentao Hu, Chengchun Tang, Yufei Gao, Kun Luo, Zhisheng Zhao, Li-Min Wang, Bin Wen, Julong He and Zhongyuan Liu
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Yongjun Tian: State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University
Bo Xu: State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University
Dongli Yu: State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University
Yanming Ma: State Key Laboratory for Superhard Materials, Jilin University
Yanbin Wang: Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago
Yingbing Jiang: TEM Laboratory, University of New Mexico
Wentao Hu: State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University
Chengchun Tang: School of Material Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology
Yufei Gao: State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University
Kun Luo: State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University
Zhisheng Zhao: State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University
Li-Min Wang: State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University
Bin Wen: State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University
Julong He: State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University
Zhongyuan Liu: State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University

Nature, 2013, vol. 493, issue 7432, 385-388

Abstract: The hardness, toughness and chemical stability of the well-known superhard material cubic boron nitride have been improved by using a synthesis technique based on specially prepared ‘onion-like’ precursor materials.

Date: 2013
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