The role of percolation threshold for the control of the hardness and thermal stability of super- and ultrahard nanocomposites

被引:127
作者
Niederhofer, A
Bolom, T
Nesladek, P
Moto, K
Eggs, C
Patil, DS
Veprek, S
机构
[1] Tech Univ Munich, Inst Chem Inorgan Mat, D-85747 Munich, Germany
[2] Bhabha Atom Res Ctr, Laser Plasma Technol Div, Bombay 400085, Maharashtra, India
关键词
percolation thresholds; hardness; nanocomposite;
D O I
10.1016/S0257-8972(01)01469-4
中图分类号
TB3 [工程材料学];
学科分类号
0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
It is shown that enhancement of the hardness in superhard nanocomposites is due to the percolative nature of phase segregation, which results in approximately I-ML coverage of the transition metal nanocrystals with the non-polar Si3N4. The formation of a nanostructure that is stable against coarsening up to relatively high temperatures is a consequence of the thermodynamically driven segregation of the immiscible phases. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:183 / 188
页数:6
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