The hardest known oxide

Computational Alchemy: The Search for New Superhard Materials

David M. Teter · MRS Bulletin · 1998 · 978 citations

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Electronic mechanism of hardness enhancement in transition-metal carbonitrides

Seung-Hoon Jhi, Jisoon Ihm, Steven G. Louie et al. · Nature · 1999 · 792 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Materials Science +14

Carbon nitride and other speculative superhard materials

Chien-Min Sung, Michael Sung · Materials Chemistry and Physics · 1996 · 338 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +5

Novel Ultrahard Materials

Ralf Riedel · Advanced Materials · 1994 · 194 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +6

Discovery of hardest known oxide

Jean‐Michel Léger, Julien Haines, Max W. Schmidt et al. · Nature · 1996 · 184 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Materials Science +9