Elastic and electronic properties of a new MAX compound from first-principles calculations

Elastic properties and thermal behavior of Sn–Zn based lead-free solder alloys

“…It represents a relative energy loss experienced by an ultrasonic plane wave per unit length of a solid sample. Many authors believe that in polycrystalline materials attenuation is due mainly to scattering (reorientation and mode conversion of energy) by the grains and precipitates [8][9][10][11]. Scattering results in the interaction with the material defects comparable to one wavelength in size.…”

“…Lately, elastic constants have been correlated to properties like hardness, fracture toughness, stiffness, ductility and bond characteristics. Elastic constants are also vital in considering defects in solids such as vacancies, interstitials, substitutional impurities, dislocations, twin boundaries and grain boundary energies [8][9][10][11]. Moreover, they are associated with specific heat, thermal expansion and Debye temperature.…”

Temperature dependent elastic coefficients of Mg2X (X=Si, Ge, Sn, Pb) compounds from first-principles calculations

“…Elastic constants are one such material property that builds a foundation for a better understanding of various other properties, be it mechanical, physical or even electronic [16][17][18][19]. Lately, elastic constants have been correlated to properties like hardness [19,20], fracture toughness [21], stiffness, ductility and bond characteristics [22][23][24]. Elastic constants are also vital in considering defects in solids [25] such as vacancies [26], interstitials, substitutional impurities, dislocations, twin boundaries [27] and grain boundary energies [28].…”

Deposition of Nb-Si-C Thin Films by Radio Frequency Magnetron Sputtering

“…In recent years, many researchers have used computational materials science to predict the stability of MAX phase and their properties. The most widely used of these is density functional theory (DFT) [26][27][28][29]. According to DFT, in the Nb-Si-C system, only Nb 4 SiC 3 is stable [30].…”