Deposition of Diamond-Like Superhard Materials

by Wilhelm A.M. Kulisch

Overview

This book deals with the deposition of a certain class of materials, namely the diamond-like superhard materials, in the form of thin films. Starting from concepts used to improve the hardness of a material, it is shown that the intrinsic hardness is highest for materials with low bond lengths, high coordination numbers, and low ionicities. It is further shown that such diamond-like materials (e.g. diamond, cubic boron nitride, tetrahedrically bonded carbon nitride) are distinguished by a variety of other unique and extreme properties.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783662156278
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	03/12/2013
Series:	Springer Tracts in Modern Physics , #157
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
Pages:	196
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

The material property hardness.- Diamond-like materials.- Growth mechanisms.- Nucleation mechanisms.