Ab initio inspired design of ternary boride thin films

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 9288 - 9
• Main Authors: Moraes, Vincent, Riedl, Helmut, Fuger, Christoph, Polcik, Peter, Bolvardi, Hamid, Holec, David, Mayrhofer, P. H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 18.06.2018; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 639/301/1034/1037; 639/301/119/1002; 639/705/1042; Humanities and Social Sciences; Mechanical properties; multidisciplinary; Point defects; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Thin films

The demand to discover new materials is scientifically as well as industrially a continuously present topic, covering all different fields of application. The recent scientific work on thin film materials has shown, that especially for nitride-based protective coatings, computationally-driven unders...