Synergy of atom-probe structural data and quantum-mechanical calculations in a theory-guided design of extreme-stiffness superlattices containing metastable phases

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/17/9/093004" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/17/9/093004</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/17/9/093004" target="_blank" >10.1088/1367-2630/17/9/093004</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Synergy of atom-probe structural data and quantum-mechanical calculations in a theory-guided design of extreme-stiffness superlattices containing metastable phases

Original language description

A theory-guided materials design of nano-scaled superlattices containing metastable phases is critically important for future development of advanced lamellar composites with application-dictated stiffness and hardness. Our study combining theoretical and experimental methods exemplifies the strength of this approach for the case of the elastic properties of AlN/CrN superlattices that were deposited by reactive radio-frequency magnetron sputtering with a bilayer period of 4 nm. Importantly, CrN stabilizes AlN in ametastable B1 (rock salt) cubic phase only in the form of a layer that is very thin, up to a few nanometers. Due to the fact that B1-AlN crystals do not exist as bulk materials, experimental data for this phase are not available. Therefore, quantum-mechanical calculations have been applied. The ab initio predicted Young?s modulus (428 GPa) along the [001] direction is in excellent agreement with measured nano-indentation values (408 +/- 32 GPa). We have also tested predictions

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

BM - Solid-state physics and magnetism

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

New Journal of Physics

ISSN

1367-2630

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

17

Issue of the periodical within the volume

9

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

"Art. n. 093004"

UT code for WoS article

000367355100004

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84943558895