Synthesis, Hardness, and Electronic Properties of Stoichiometric VN and CrN
Abstract
Here, we report synthesis of single-crystal VN and CrN through high-pressure ionexchange reaction routes. The final products are stoichiometric and have crystallite sizes in the range of 50-120 μm. We also prepared VN and TiN crystals using high-pressure sintering of nitride powders. On the basis of single-crystal indentation testing, the determined asymptotic Vickers hardness for TiN, VN, and CrN is 18 (1), 10 (1), and 16 (1) GPa, respectively. The relatively low hardness in VN indicates that the metallic bonding prevails due to the overfilled metallic σ bonds, although the cation-anion covalent hybridization in this compound is much stronger than that in TiN and CrN. All three nitrides are intrinsically excellent metals at ambient pressure. In particular, VN exhibits superconducting transition at Tc ≈ 7.8 K, which is slightly lower than the reported values for nitrogen-deficient or crystallinedisordered samples due to unsuppressed “spin fluctuation” in the well-crystallized stoichiometric VN. The magnetostructural transition in CrN correlates with a metal-metal transition at TN = 240(5) K and is accompanied by a ~40% drop in electrical resistivity. In addition, more detailed electronic properties are presented with new insights into these nitrides.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States); Sichuan Univ., Chengdu (China)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
- Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)
- Sichuan Univ., Chengdu (China)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1261496
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1332351
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; NA0001982
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Crystal Growth and Design
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 16; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1528-7483
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; transition-metal nitrides; vickers hardness; ion-exchange reaction; high-pressure synthesis; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Wang, Shanmin, Yu, Xiaohui, Zhang, Jianzhong, Wang, Liping, Leinenweber, Kurt, He, Duanwei, and Zhao, Yusheng. Synthesis, Hardness, and Electronic Properties of Stoichiometric VN and CrN. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1021/acs.cgd.5b01312.
Wang, Shanmin, Yu, Xiaohui, Zhang, Jianzhong, Wang, Liping, Leinenweber, Kurt, He, Duanwei, & Zhao, Yusheng. Synthesis, Hardness, and Electronic Properties of Stoichiometric VN and CrN. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.5b01312
Wang, Shanmin, Yu, Xiaohui, Zhang, Jianzhong, Wang, Liping, Leinenweber, Kurt, He, Duanwei, and Zhao, Yusheng. 2015.
"Synthesis, Hardness, and Electronic Properties of Stoichiometric VN and CrN". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.5b01312. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1261496.
@article{osti_1261496,
title = {Synthesis, Hardness, and Electronic Properties of Stoichiometric VN and CrN},
author = {Wang, Shanmin and Yu, Xiaohui and Zhang, Jianzhong and Wang, Liping and Leinenweber, Kurt and He, Duanwei and Zhao, Yusheng},
abstractNote = {Here, we report synthesis of single-crystal VN and CrN through high-pressure ionexchange reaction routes. The final products are stoichiometric and have crystallite sizes in the range of 50-120 μm. We also prepared VN and TiN crystals using high-pressure sintering of nitride powders. On the basis of single-crystal indentation testing, the determined asymptotic Vickers hardness for TiN, VN, and CrN is 18 (1), 10 (1), and 16 (1) GPa, respectively. The relatively low hardness in VN indicates that the metallic bonding prevails due to the overfilled metallic σ bonds, although the cation-anion covalent hybridization in this compound is much stronger than that in TiN and CrN. All three nitrides are intrinsically excellent metals at ambient pressure. In particular, VN exhibits superconducting transition at Tc ≈ 7.8 K, which is slightly lower than the reported values for nitrogen-deficient or crystallinedisordered samples due to unsuppressed “spin fluctuation” in the well-crystallized stoichiometric VN. The magnetostructural transition in CrN correlates with a metal-metal transition at TN = 240(5) K and is accompanied by a ~40% drop in electrical resistivity. In addition, more detailed electronic properties are presented with new insights into these nitrides.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.cgd.5b01312},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1261496},
journal = {Crystal Growth and Design},
issn = {1528-7483},
number = 1,
volume = 16,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}
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