New phase space of hardness materials and synergic enhancement of hardness and toughness in superconducting Ti2Co and Ti4Co2X (X = B, C, N, O)

Lifen Shi, Keyuan Ma, Jingyu Hou +12

Compared to traditional superhard materials with high electron density and strong covalent bonds, alloy materials mainly composed of metallic bonding structures typically have grea…