journal article·2025-05

Influence of magnetism on the interfacial structure, phase stability and thermal decomposition of (Ti,Al)N/CrN multilayers: Ab initio and experimental study

Jie Zhang, Chun Hu, Li Chen, Yi Kong, She Q. Wang, Paul H. Mayrhofer

Acta Materialia· Volume 289
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