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Production, Structure, Properties

Oleinik G. S., Volkogon V. M., Fedoran Yu. A., Avramchuk S. K., Kravchuk A. V., and Kotko A. V. Influence of the wurtzitic boron nitride initial structural state on the formation of the granular structure of the wBN-based materials. I. Structural characteristics of particles of the initial wBN powders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Fan C. Z., Li J., Hu M., Zhao Z. S., Xu B., and He J. L. A novel layer-structured PtN₂: first-principles calculations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Lysenko O. G., Dub S. N., Grushko V. I., Mitskevich E. I., and Tolmacheva G. N.   Study of phase transformations in silicon by scanning tunneling spectroscopy and nanoindentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Pogrebnjak A. D., Yakushchenko I. V., Abadias G., Chartier P., Bondar O. V., Beresnev V. M., Takeda Y., Sobol’ O. V., Oyoshi K., Andreyev A. A., and Mukushev B. A. The effect of the deposition parameters of nitrides of high-entropy alloys (TiZrHfVNb)N on their structure, composition, mechanical and tribological properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Şimşir M. and Öksüz K. E. Effects of sintering temperature and addition of Fe and B₄C on hardness and wear resistance of diamond-reinforced metal matrix composites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Investigation of Machining Processes

Poltavets V. V., Matyukha P.G., and Gabitov V. V. Optimization of the parameters of diamond grinding of the R6M5F3 steel with regard to the process nonstationarity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Gutnichenko O. A., Bushlya V. М., Zhou J. М., Ståhl J.-E., Avdovic P., Simmons U. Dynamic stability of the process of turning nickel superalloys using a tool holder produced by layer-by-layer laser sintering. . . . . . . . .

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Tools, Powders, Pastes

Kolmakov A. G., Antipov V. I., Klimenko S. A., Manokhin A. S., Kopeikina M. Yu., Tkach V. N., Kheifets M. L., and Tanovich L. Structure, properties, and applications of ceramic composite produced of nanostructured powders of composition ZrO₂ + 3% Y₂O₃. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Dolmatov V. Yu., Vehanen A., Myllymäki V., Rudometkin K. A., Panova A. N., Korolev K. M., and Shpadkovskaya T. A. Deep cleaning of detonation nanodiamond material. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Letters to the Editor

Mukhanov V. A., Sokolov P. S., Le Godec Ya., and Solozhenko V. L. Self-propagating high-temperature synthesis of boron phosphide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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