journal article·2025-08

Structural, thermodynamic, electronic, optical and mechanical properties of amorphous BCxN1-x: A first-principles study

V.I. Ivashchenko, P.E.A. Turchi, V.I. Shevchenko, Leonid Gorb, Jerzy Leszczynski

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