SUPERHARD AND ELASTIC CARBON NITRIDE THIN-FILMS HAVING FULLERENE-LIKE MICROSTRUCTURE

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SJOSTROM, H
STAFSTROM, S
BOMAN, M
SUNDGREN, JE
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[1] Department of Physics, Linköping University
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.1336
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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CNx films were found to have a distorted graphitelike microstructure consisting of buckled and curved basal planes using high-resolution electron microscopy. Nanoindentation showed an elastic recovery of 85%, and a hardness of similar to 60 GPa. Based on detailed quantum chemical calculations and photoelectron spectroscopy, the observed structure is proposed to consist of a network of buckled sp(2)-hybridized CNx planes, cross-linked by sp(3)-hybridized bonds. The buckling is shown to be due to the incorporation of pentagons in the basal planes, giving rise to a fullerenelike microstructure.
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