Boron Rich Solids: Sensors, Ultra High Temperature Ceramics, Thermoelectrics, Armor (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics)

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by  Nina Orlovskaya

Boron Rich Solids
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Series B: Physics and Biophysics
Boron Rich Solids

Sensors, Ultra High Temperature
Ceramics, Thermoelectrics, Armor

edited by

Nina Orlovskaya
Department of Mechanical, Materials,
and Aerospace Engineering
University of Central Florida
Orlando, U.S.A.

and

Mykola Lugovy
Institute for Problems of Materials Science
Kyiv, Ukraine

Published in cooperation with NATO Public Diplomacy Division
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on
Boron Rich Solids: Sensors for Biological and Chemical Detection,
Ultra High Temperature Ceramics, Thermoelectrics, Armor
Orlando, Florida, USA
14-18 December 2009

Library of Congress Control Number: 2010936469
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CONTENTS
Contributing Authors................................................................................ix

Preface........................................................................................................xv

Acknowledgment.....................................................................................xvii

Boron Carbide/Boron Carbide-Carbon Nanofibers Laminates with
Weak Interfaces.............................................................................................1
N. Orlovskaya, M. Lugovy, V. Slyunyayev, V. Subbotin,
F. Liang, J. Gou, J. Kuebler and T. Graule

All Ceramic Cantilever Sensors with Boron Carbide Layer: Advantages
and Dimensional Limitations......................................................................13
M. Lugovy

Raman Effect in Boron and Boron-Rich Compounds.................................29
H. Werheit and V. Filipov

Experimentally Founded Charge Transport Model for Icosahedral
Boron-Rich Solids.......................................................................................45
H. Werheit

Magnetic and Thermoelectric Properties of Boron-Rich Solids.................63
T. Mori

Scratch Studies in Boron-Rich Lightweight and Ultrahigh
Temperature Ceramic..................................................................................83
D. Ghosh and G. Subhash

The Electronic Properties of Metal Borides and Borocarbides:
Differences and Similarities .......................................................................95
S. Lassoued, R. Gautier and J.-F. Halet

Investigation of Hard Boron Rich Solids: Osmium Diboride
and -Rhombohedral Boron......................................................................115
M. Hebbache and D. Živković

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Elastic and Vibration Properties of Boron–Carbon Ultra Hard
Materials....................................................................................................131
J. E. Lowther

Processing and Properties of Ultra-Refractory Composites Based
on Zr- and Hf-Borides: State of the Art and Perspectives.........................147
A. Bellosi, S. Guicciardi, V. Medri, F. Monteverde,
D. Sciti and L. Silvestroni

Behavior of Boron Doped Graphites and Boron Carbide under Ion
Beam and Plasma Irradiation....................................................................161
L.B. Begrambekov, O.I. Buzhinsky and A. Zakharov

Vibrational Spectroscopy of Adsorbates on the (111) and (100) Surfaces
of Lanthanum Hexaboride.........................................................................181
T. Yorisaki, A. Tillekaratne, YU. Moriya, C. Oshima, S. Otani,
and M. Trenary

Zirconium Dodecaboride, a Novel Superconducting Material
with Enhanced Surface Characteristics.....................................................195
M. Belogolovskii, I. Felner and V. Shaternik

Boron under Pressure: Phase Diagram and Novel High-Pressure Phase..207
A. R. Oganov

Behavior of the Crystalline Boroncarbide Coating under Tokamak
Conditions.................................................................................................227
O.I. Buzhinskij and V.G. Otroshchenko

Electron Structure, Transport, and Superconducting Properties
of ZrB , ZrB , YB and MgB ..................................................................237
12 2 6 2
V.A. Gasparov

Densification, Microstructure Evolution and Mechanical Properties
of Ultrafine SiC Particle-Dispersed ZrB Matrix Composites..................261
2
F. Monteverde, S. Guicciardi, C. Melandri and D.D. Fabbriche

Mechanochemically Driven Syntheses of Boride Nanomaterials.............273
R.G. Blair
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Vibrational Properties of Zr(Hf)B –SiC UHTC Composites
2
by Micro-Raman Spectroscopy.................................................................287
M. Donohue, C. Carpenter and N. Orlovskaya

Synthesis and Sintering Strategies of Boron-Rich Solids.........................303
L. Sartinska

Field-assisted Densification of Superhard B O Materials with
6
Y O /Al O Addition.................................................................................319
2 3 2 3
M. Herrmann, J. Raethel, K. Sempf, M. Thiele, A. Bales and I. Sigalas
Index.........................................................................................................327