Harvesting superior intrinsic plasticity in nitride ceramics with negative stacking fault energy

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Harvesting superior intrinsic plasticity in nitride ceramics with negative stacking fault energy. / Huang, Yong; Chen, Zhuo; Meindlhumer, Michael et al.
In: Acta Materialia, Vol. 286.2025, No. 1 March, 120774, 23.01.2025.

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Huang, Y, Chen, Z, Meindlhumer, M, Hahn, R, Holec, D, Leiner, T, Maier-Kiener, V, Zheng, Y, Zhang, Z, Hatzenbichler, L, Riedl, H, Mitterer, C & Zhang, Z 2025, 'Harvesting superior intrinsic plasticity in nitride ceramics with negative stacking fault energy', Acta Materialia, vol. 286.2025, no. 1 March, 120774. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2025.120774

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Huang, Y., Chen, Z., Meindlhumer, M., Hahn, R., Holec, D., Leiner, T., Maier-Kiener, V., Zheng, Y., Zhang, Z., Hatzenbichler, L., Riedl, H., Mitterer, C., & Zhang, Z. (2025). Harvesting superior intrinsic plasticity in nitride ceramics with negative stacking fault energy. Acta Materialia, 286.2025(1 March), Article 120774. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2025.120774

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Huang Y, Chen Z, Meindlhumer M, Hahn R, Holec D, Leiner T et al. Harvesting superior intrinsic plasticity in nitride ceramics with negative stacking fault energy. Acta Materialia. 2025 Jan 23;286.2025(1 March):120774. doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2025.120774

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Huang, Yong ; Chen, Zhuo ; Meindlhumer, Michael et al. / Harvesting superior intrinsic plasticity in nitride ceramics with negative stacking fault energy. In: Acta Materialia. 2025 ; Vol. 286.2025, No. 1 March.

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