The deformation behavior of the three metal dodecaborides (YB12, ZrB12, and Zr0.5Y0.5B12) is investigated using radial X‐ray diffraction under nonhydrostatic compression up to ≈60 GPa with a goal of understanding how bonding and metal composition control hardness. Zr0.5Y0.5B12, which has the highest Vickers hardness (
Glasses are generally assumed to be isotropic and there are no literature reports of elastic anisotropy for molecular glasses. However, as glasses formed by physical vapor deposition can be structurally anisotropic, it is of interest to investigate the elastic anisotropy in these materials. Micro‐Brillouin light spectroscopy is used in several experimental geometries to determine the elastic stiffness tensors of three glass films of itraconazole vapor‐deposited at substrate temperatures (
- Award ID(s):
- 1720415
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10457931
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Volume:
- 30
- Issue:
- 23
- ISSN:
- 1616-301X
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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