Elastic and thermodynamic properties of vanadium nitride under pressure and the effect of metallic bonding on its hardness
By the particle-swarm optimization method, it is predicted that tetragonal P42mc, I41md, and orthorhombic Amm2 phases of vanadium nitride (VN) are energetically more stable than NaCl-type structure at 0 K. The enthalpies of the predicted three new VN phases, along with WC, NaCl, AsNi, CsCl type stru...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30923 |