CONTENTS

Production, Structure, Properties

Kushch V. I. and Dub S. N. The Assessment of elasto–plastic properties of materials from nanoindentation and computer modeling. 1. State–of–the–art of problem (review of the literature). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Tavares L. O., Vianna W. S., Bobrovnitchii G. S., Skury, A. L. D., and Rangel J. J. A. Possibility of the application of the computational intelligence in the production of superhard materials. Report 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Sokolov A. N., Shul’zhenko A. A., Gargin V. G., Loshak M. G., Aleksandrova L. I., Nikolenko A. S., Strel’chuk V. V., Katrusha A. N., and Kutsai O. M. Structure and hardness of octahedral natural diamond single crystals depending on the HPHT treatment conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Muratov V. B., Vasil’ev O. O., Kulikov L. M., V. V. Garbuz V. V., Nesterenko Yu. V., and Duda T. I. Thermodynamic properties of multiwalled carbon nanotubes. . .

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Orel V. E., Shevchenko A. D., Bogatyreva G. P., Leshchenko O. V., Romanov A. V., Rykhal’s’kii O. Yu., Dzyatkovskaya I. I., Nikolov N. A., Dzyatkovskaya N. N., and Shchepotin I. B. Magnetic characteristics and anticancer activity of a nanocomplex consisting of detonation nanodiamond and doxorubicin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Tsysar’ M. A. The use of scanning tunnel microscope with a diamond tip to study structural features of ta-C films. .

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Investigation of Machining Processes

Stakhniv N. E. and Devin L. N. Study of the effect of the wear of a cutting tool equipped with a plate of a cBN-based composite on its vibrations in finish turning of hardened steels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

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Tools, Powders, Pastes

Petasyuk G. A. and Sirota Yu. V. Analytical determination of the number of grains in a carat of diamond powder using an extrapolation–affine 3D model of a grain. . .

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Letters to the Editor

Lesnyak V. V., Safonova V. V., Stratiichuk D. A., and Boldyreva O. Yu. Producing the MР₂О₇ (M = Nb, Ta, Re, Mo, W) diphosphates at high pressures and catalytic activity of the Pt(Pd)/MP₂O₇ systems in the reaction of hydrogen oxidation. .

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Mukhanov V. A., Sokolov P. S., and Solozhenko V. L. On melting of B₄C boron carbide under pressure. . . . . . . . . . .

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