| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500308 | Scripta Materialia | 2010 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Ab initio calculations are employed to demonstrate a strong pressure dependence of the maximum AlN mole fraction preserving the cubic phase in Ti1−xAlxN and Cr1−xAlxN hard coatings before transforming to the wurtzite structure. Under a compression of 4 GPa an increase by ∼0.1 AlN mole fraction is obtained for both systems. Consequently, stress-related effects cannot be neglected in the discussion of the wide spread of experimentally obtained stability ranges.
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Authors
David Holec, Florian Rovere, Paul H. Mayrhofer, Péter B. Barna,