V. І. Kushch, O. P. Podoba, S. V. Shmegera, O. O. Bochecka
{"title":"Effect of Isotopic Composition, Crystal Size, Intergranular Boundary Thermal Resistance, and Temperature on the Thermal Conductivity of Diamond Nanopolycrystals and Nanocomposites","authors":"V. І. Kushch, O. P. Podoba, S. V. Shmegera, O. O. Bochecka","doi":"10.3103/S1063457625040057","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S1063457625040057","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study presents a review and comparative analysis of existing approaches, methodologies, and findings related to the thermal conductivity of nanostructured solids. The authors developed theoretical models to predict the effective thermal conductivity of nanopolycrystals and nanocomposites with imperfect grain boundaries, incorporating the effects of isotopic composition, crystal size, interfacial thermal resistance, and temperature. These models rely on the current understanding of the physical mechanisms of lattice heat transfer in covalent crystals and phonon scattering at structural defects. The developed theory offers a straightforward method for estimating the thermal conductivity of nanocomposites and provides insight into the dominant factors governing heat transfer in crystalline structures at the nanoscale. Comparison with experimental data confirms the model’s validity and its applicability to the prediction of thermal conductivity in real-world nanopolycrystalline and nanocomposite materials, including those containing diamond.</p>","PeriodicalId":670,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Superhard Materials","volume":"47 4","pages":"249 - 260"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144990592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yu. D. Filatov, T. O. Prikhna, A. Yu. Boyarintsev, V. I. Sidorko, S. V. Kovalev, I. A. Rybalka
{"title":"Polishing Techniques for Optical Components of Glass, Semiconductors, and Copper","authors":"Yu. D. Filatov, T. O. Prikhna, A. Yu. Boyarintsev, V. I. Sidorko, S. V. Kovalev, I. A. Rybalka","doi":"10.3103/S1063457625040033","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S1063457625040033","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The study of the mechanisms governing material removal and nanoprofile formation on polished surfaces during the polishing of optical components made of glass, semiconductors, and copper using dispersed systems composed of micro- and nanopowders reveals that the generation of slurry nanoparticles, resulting from energy transfer from abrasive particles to the processed surface, proceeds via the Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) mechanism in the case of glass, or quantum dot-mediated FRET (QD-FRET) in the case of semiconductors and copper. Quantum dots form on these surfaces during polishing. The material removal rate decreases with increasing bonding energy in glass or with the effective bandgap width of semiconductor or copper oxide quantum dots that form on the surface. The relationship between the energy of slurry nanoparticles and their most probable size follows a linear function for K8 glass and polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), and a parabolic function for germanium, indium antimonide, and copper. The material removal rate during the polishing of optical components made of K8 glass, PMMA, germanium, indium antimonide, and copper increases linearly with the quality factor of the microresonator and the excited-state lifetime of clusters or quantum dots on the treated surface, in accordance with general polishing trends. Surface roughness parameters <i>R</i><sub>a</sub>, <i>R</i><sub>q</sub>, <i>R</i><sub>max</sub>, and <i>R</i><sub><i>z</i></sub>, together with the material removal rate, serve as effective criteria for evaluating polishing efficiency. Theoretical predictions of the material removal rate demonstrate good agreement with experimental measurements of polishing performance for glass, semiconductor crystals, and copper, with deviations ranging from 2 to 5%.</p>","PeriodicalId":670,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Superhard Materials","volume":"47 4","pages":"300 - 310"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144990593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Computer Simulation of the Effect of High-Speed Pressure Sintering Parameters on the Densification and Grain Growth of Boron Carbide-Based Material","authors":"V. A. Dutka, A. L. Maystrenko, V. M. Kolodnitskyi","doi":"10.3103/S1063457625040021","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S1063457625040021","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study presents a computational investigation into the effects of high-temperature dwell time, sintering temperature, and applied pressure on the densification kinetics and grain growth of micrometer-scale boron carbide–based powder mixtures during high-speed pressure-assisted sintering (HSPAS) at pressures ranging from 250 to 1200 MPa. The simulations employed numerical models of electric heating and densification. The densification model relies on the Skorokhod–Olevsky–Stern theory of sintering for porous materials and incorporates grain growth kinetics throughout the sintering process. The results demonstrate that by adjusting the sintering temperature, dwell time, and pressure during HSPAS, one can control the densification behavior and grain evolution. Specifically, appropriate parameter selection shortens the time required for complete densification, significantly suppresses grain growth, and yields a dense microstructure in the sintered sample. At lower-temperature HSPAS conditions, increasing pressure from 250 to 1200 MPa markedly enhances the densification rate and reduces the time for full densification by a factor of 2 to 3. Notably, by optimizing the heating rate and pressure during HSPAS, the densification time can be reduced by two to three times compared to spark plasma sintering under pressures up to 100 MPa, while simultaneously preventing grain growth.</p>","PeriodicalId":670,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Superhard Materials","volume":"47 4","pages":"270 - 280"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144990587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Body Center Tetragonal Pseudo-Diamond C20: Crystal Chemistry and First Principles Investigations of Physical Properties","authors":"Samir F. Matar","doi":"10.3103/S1063457625040070","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S1063457625040070","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Extending the investigation of the ‘graphite-to-diamond’ G2D-like changes of carbon crystal systems implying 2D planar trigonal C(<i>sp</i><sup>2</sup>)-like paving to 3D tetrahedral <i>sp</i><sup>3</sup>-like, to 3D trigonal → tetrahedral transformation, original body centered tetragonal BCT C<sub>20</sub> allotrope with <b>dia</b> (diamond) topology was devised from crystal chemistry rationale and demonstrated to behave like diamond for all the physical properties: cohesive, mechanical, dynamical and thermal. The investigations were based on crystal chemistry rationale and first principles investigations within the Density Functional theory with comparisons to available experimental observations. A holistic assessment of the results let assign BCT C<sub>20</sub> a “pseudo-diamond” label.</p>","PeriodicalId":670,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Superhard Materials","volume":"47 4","pages":"261 - 269"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144990605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Automated Identification of the 3D-Shape of Grains for High-Strength Grinding Powders of Synthetic Diamond","authors":"G. A. Petasyuk, O. O. Bochechka","doi":"10.3103/S1063457625030086","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S1063457625030086","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Particular significance in the problems of the indirect analytical estimation of technological properties for grinding powders from synthetic diamond is substantiated for the spatial shape of grains. Referring to literature sources, it is pointed out that the actual 3D grain shape of such grinding powders, being used immediately instead of their 3D model, provides more reliable information about the values of technological properties. The creation of methodical tools for the automated 3D shape identification of a large-volume sample (up to 2000 grains) from such abrasive powders is emphasized to be of applied importance. An original method of solving such a problem for high-strength abrasive powders of synthetic diamond is proposed. The method is based on the known fact that grains of such powders are crystals with a 3D shape close to octahedra, cubooctahedra, and truncated octahedra. Some analytical and graphic information about the shape of an orthographic parallel projection of these spatial bodies is given depending on the 2D shape of the face, on which they are located. An analytical relationship between the geometric projection parameters required for the automatic identification of both the 2D shape of this projection and the 3D shape of grains and the generative parameters of an octahedron, cubooctahedron, and a truncated octahedron is derived. Some analogues to the morphometric characteristics of abrasive powders diagnosed by contemporary computer and technical tools with grains identical to the considered spatial bodies by their 3D shape are updated. The practical application of the developed methodical tools is illustrated by using high-strength abrasive powders AS250–AS500 from synthetic diamond as an example. It has been established that the relative content of grains shaped other than octahedra, cubooctahedra, and truncated octahedra is less than 31%.</p>","PeriodicalId":670,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Superhard Materials","volume":"47 3","pages":"234 - 245"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145144326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of Nanomontmorillonite on the Properties of Vitrified Bonded Diamond Grinding Wheels","authors":"Jinyu Shang, Ruien Yu, Boheng Zhu, Wenjie Gong, Zhicong Tian, Kenan Li, Qingchun Ma, Xijing Zhu","doi":"10.3103/S1063457625030098","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S1063457625030098","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The article investigated the introduction of nanomontmorillonite into vitrified bond, and the preparation of composite vitrified bond and vitrified bond diamond grinding wheels with different dosages of nanomontmorillonite by sol–gel method. The results show that the introduction of appropriate amount of nanomontmorillonite can effectively improve the comprehensive performance of vitrified bond diamond grinding wheels by utilizing its size effect and surface effect.</p>","PeriodicalId":670,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Superhard Materials","volume":"47 3","pages":"222 - 233"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145144376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. I. Omelianenko, I. P. Fesenko, O. M. Kaidash, Yu. M. Tuz, A. V. Dovhal, S. A. Kukharenko, V. I. Chasnyk, G. S. Oleǐnik, H. P. Zakharchuk
{"title":"Structure and Surface Area of Aluminum Nitride Particles under Milling","authors":"V. I. Omelianenko, I. P. Fesenko, O. M. Kaidash, Yu. M. Tuz, A. V. Dovhal, S. A. Kukharenko, V. I. Chasnyk, G. S. Oleǐnik, H. P. Zakharchuk","doi":"10.3103/S1063457625030074","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S1063457625030074","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article presents the results of preparing a starting powder system and compares two milling techniques based on surface area, impurity levels, and structural defectiveness. These factors are critical for fabricating high-thermal-conductivity AlN ceramic parts via pressureless sintering. The estimated quantities of gases adsorbed on the surfaces of both starting and milled AlN powders are also reported, providing essential data for designing technological routes to produce dense ceramic components of various sizes.</p>","PeriodicalId":670,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Superhard Materials","volume":"47 3","pages":"198 - 207"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145144377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recent Advances in Diamond-Abrasive Machining of Hard and Brittle Materials (Review)","authors":"V. I. Lavrinenko","doi":"10.3103/S1063457625030049","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S1063457625030049","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article examines state-of-the-art research on diamond-abrasive machining of hard and brittle materials, with a focus on reproducing machining conditions at microscopic scales using high-resolution instruments. The discussion emphasizes the increasing utilization of porous, rough-surfaced, and nanotwinned (nt-D) diamonds. A new type of diamond with a rough surface, synthesized via thermochemical corrosion, exhibits a larger surface area and greater electronegativity than conventional diamond. These characteristics enhance interfacial adhesion between the binder and the diamond. Molecular dynamics simulations demonstrate their effectiveness in analyzing the mechanisms of abrasive processes such as nanocutting, grinding, and polishing. The findings identify critical grinding depth, vibration amplitude, and cutting speed as key machining parameters that determine the transition of diamond-abrasive machining of hard and brittle materials into a plastic regime. Recent publications recognize chemical–mechanical polishing as an efficient method for processing materials such as silicon carbide, monocrystalline silicon, nanotwinned diamond, and boron-doped diamonds [1].</p>","PeriodicalId":670,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Superhard Materials","volume":"47 3","pages":"214 - 221"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145144375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
O. O. Matviichuk, V. Z. Turkevych, Ye. F. Kuz’menko, I. O. Hnatenko
{"title":"Thermal Conductivity of WC–20% Co and WC–20% Ni Alloys with Mesostructure","authors":"O. O. Matviichuk, V. Z. Turkevych, Ye. F. Kuz’menko, I. O. Hnatenko","doi":"10.3103/S1063457625030062","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S1063457625030062","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The study reports the results of thermal conductivity measurements for WC–20 wt % Co and WC–20 wt % Ni alloys with a mesostructure, produced through free liquid-phase sintering. A comparison with literature data for alloys containing 20 wt % binder is also presented.</p>","PeriodicalId":670,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Superhard Materials","volume":"47 3","pages":"246 - 248"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145144369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of Grain Boundaries on the Elasticity and Thermal Conductivity of Polycrystalline Cubic Boron Nitride","authors":"V. I. Kushch, I. A. Petrusha, V. Z. Turkevych","doi":"10.3103/S1063457625030037","DOIUrl":"10.3103/S1063457625030037","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Theoretical models of elasticity and thermal conductivity have been developed for a polycrystal with imperfect grain boundaries and residual porosity. Based on the analysis of research data by these models, a quantitative estimate has been obtained for the thermal conductivity and elasticity of grain boundaries in polycrystalline cubic boron nitride, and the effect of the sintering temperature on them was studied. A strong dependence of macroscopic thermoelastic properties of a polycrystal on the state and properties of grain boundaries enables the application of the latter as a criterion of structural perfection in a polycrystal.</p>","PeriodicalId":670,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Superhard Materials","volume":"47 3","pages":"173 - 183"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145144374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}