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8. Ghosh, D., Subhash, G., Zheng, J.Q., Halls, V.: Influence of stress state and strain rate on structural amorphization in boron carbide. J. Appl.
Phys. 111 (2012)
9. Grady, D.E.: Shock-wave strength properties of boron carbide and silicon carbide. Le J. Phys. IV. 04, C8–385–C8–391 (1994)
10. Mutsuddy, B.C.: Mechanical properties of injection molded ceramics. Powder Metall. Int. 19, 43–45 (1987)
11. Thévenot, F.: Boron carbide—a comprehensive review. J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 6(4), 205–225 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1016/09552219(90)90048-K
12. Yang, L., Min, G., Yu, H., Han, J., Paderno, Y.B.: Densification and mechanical properties of CaB6 with nickel as a sintering aid. Ceram. Int.
31, 271–276 (2005)
13. Yakel, H.L.: The crystal structure of a boron-rich boron carbide. Acta Crystallogr. Sect. B Struct. Crystallogr. Cryst. Chem. 31, 1797–1806 (1975)
14. Suri, A.K., Subramanian, C., Sonber, J.K., Murthy, T.S.R.C.: Synthesis and consolidation of boron carbide: a review. Int. Mater. Rev. 55,
4–40 (2010)
15. Werheit, H.: Are there bipolarons in icosahedral boron-rich solids? J. Phys. Condens. Matter. 19, 186207 (2007)
16. Vast, N., Sjakste, J., Betranhandy, E.: Boron carbides from first principles. J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 176, 012002 (2009)
17. Fanchini, G., McCauley, J.W., Chhowalla, M.: Behavior of disordered boron carbide under stress. Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 035502 (2006)
18. Mauri, F., Vast, N., Pickard, C.J.: Atomic structure of icosahedral B4C boron carbide from a first principles analysis of NMR spectra. Phys.
Rev. Lett. 87, 855061–855064 (2001)
19. Kunka, C., Awasthi, A., Subhash, G.: Crystallographic and spectral equivalence of boron-carbide polymorphs. Scr. Mater. 122, 82–85 (2016)
20. Domnich, V., Reynaud, S., Haber, R.A., Chhowalla, M.: Boron carbide: structure, properties, and stability under stress. J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 94,
3605–3628 (2011)
21. Awasthi, A.P., Subhash, G.: High-pressure deformation and amorphization in boron carbide. J. Appl. Phys. 125, 215901 (2019)
22. Xie, K.Y., et al.: Breaking the icosahedra in boron carbide. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 113, 12012–12016 (2016)
23. Chen, M.: Shock-induced localized amorphization in boron carbide. Science (80). 299, 1563–1566 (2003)
24. Grady, D.E.: Hugoniot equation of state and dynamic strength of boron carbide. J. Appl. Phys. 117, 165904 (2015)
25. Parsard, G., Subhash, G., Jannotti, P.: Amorphization-induced volume change and residual stresses in boron carbide. J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 101,
2606–2615 (2018)
26. Aryal, S., Rulis, P., Ching, W.Y.: Mechanism for amorphization of boron carbide B4C under uniaxial compression. Phys. Rev. B. 84,
184112 (2011)
27. Domnich, V., Gogotsi, Y., Trenary, M., Tanaka, T.: Nanoindentation and Raman spectroscopy studies of boron carbide single crystals. Appl.
Phys. Lett. 81, 3783–3785 (2002)
28. Bavdekar, S., Parsard, G., Subhash, G., Satapathy, S.: An improved dynamic expanding cavity model for high-pressure and high-strain rate
response of ceramics. Int. J. Solids Struct. 125, 77–88 (2017)
29. Bourne, N.K.: On the failure and dynamic performance of materials. Exp. Mech. 52, 153–159 (2012)
30. Bourne, N.K.: The relation of failure under 1D shock to the ballistic performance of brittle materials. Int. J. Impact Eng. 35, 674–683 (2008)
31. Vogler, T.J., Reinhart, W.D., Chhabildas, L.C.: Dynamic behavior of boron carbide. J. Appl. Phys. 95, 4173–4183 (2004)
32. Kolel-Veetila, M.K., Gamachea, R.M., Bernsteinb, N.L., Goswamib, R., Qadrib, S.B., Fearsa, K.P., Millera, J.B., Glaser, E.R., Keller, T.M.:
Substitution of silicon within the rhombohedral boron carbide (B4C) crystal lattice through high-energy ball- milling. J. Mater. Chem. 1,
3777 (2013)
33. DeVries, M., Subhash, G.: Influence of carbon nanotubes as secondary phase addition on the mechanical properties and amorphization of
boron carbide. J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 39, 1974–1983 (2019)
34. Itoh, H., Maekawa, I., Iwahara, H.: Microstructure and mechanical properties of B6O-B4C sintered composites prepared under high pressure.
J. Mater. Sci. 35, 693–698 (2000)
35. Proctor, J.E., et al.: Stabilization of boron carbide via silicon doping. J. Phys. Condens. Matter. 27 (2014)
36. Music, D., Kreissig, U., Czigány, Z., Helmersson, U., Schneider, J.M.: Elastic modulus-density relationship for amorphous boron suboxide
thin films. Appl. Phys. A Mater. Sci. Process. 76, 269–271 (2003)
37. Herrmann, M., et al.: Boron suboxide ultrahard materials. Int. J. Refract. Met. Hard Mater. 39, 53–60 (2013)
38. Kobayashi, M., Higashi, I., Brodhag, C., Thévenot, F.: Structure of B6O boron-suboxide by Rietveld refinement. J. Mater. Sci. 28,
2129–2134 (1993)
39. An, Q., Goddard, W.A.: Boron suboxide and boron subphosphide crystals: hard ceramics that shear without brittle failure. Chem. Mater. 27,
2855–2860 (2015)
40. He, D., et al.: Boron suboxide: as hard as cubic boron nitride. Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 643–645 (2002)
41. Kunka, C., et al.: Nanotwinning and amorphization of boron suboxide. Acta Mater. 147, 195–202 (2018)
42. Badzian, A.R.: Superhard material comparable in hardness to diamond. Appl. Phys. Lett. 53, 2495–2497 (1988)
43. Solodkyi, I., et al.: Synthesis of B6O powder and spark plasma sintering of B6O and B6O-B4C ceramics. J. Ceram. Soc. Japan. 121,
950–955 (2013)
44. An, Q., et al.: nanotwinned boron suboxide (B6O): new ground state of B6O. Nano Lett. 16, 4236–4242 (2016)
45. An, Q., et al.: Nucleation of amorphous shear bands at nanotwins in boron suboxide. Nat. Commun. 7 (2016)
46. Tang, B., An, Q., Goddard, W.A.: Improved ductility of boron carbide by microalloying with boron suboxide. J. Phys. Chem. C. 119,
24649–24656 (2015)
47. Kurakevych, O.O., Solozhenko, V.L.: Experimental study and critical review of structural, thermodynamic and mechanical properties of superhard refractory boron suboxide B6O. J. Superhard Mater. 33, 421–428 (2011)
48. Music, D., Schneider, J.M.: Elastic properties of amorphous boron suboxide based solids studied using ab initio molecular dynamics. J. Phys.
Condens. Matter. 20, 195203 (2008)
49. Lundström, T.: structure and bulk modulus of high-strength boron compounds. J. Solid State Chem. 133, 88–92 (1997)
50. Petuskey, W.T., et al.: High-pressure, high-temperature synthesis and characterization of boron suboxide (B6O). Chem. Mater. 10,
1530–1537 (2002)
51. Lu, Y.P., He, D.W.: Structure and elastic properties of boron suboxide at 240 GPa. J. Appl. Phys. 105, 083540 (2009)
15 Static and Dynamic Mechanical Characterization of a Spark Plasma Sintered B 6 O–B 4 C Composite
8. Ghosh, D., Subhash, G., Zheng, J.Q., Halls, V.: Influence of stress state and strain rate on structural amorphization in boron carbide. J. Appl.
Phys. 111 (2012)
9. Grady, D.E.: Shock-wave strength properties of boron carbide and silicon carbide. Le J. Phys. IV. 04, C8–385–C8–391 (1994)
10. Mutsuddy, B.C.: Mechanical properties of injection molded ceramics. Powder Metall. Int. 19, 43–45 (1987)
11. Thévenot, F.: Boron carbide—a comprehensive review. J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 6(4), 205–225 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1016/09552219(90)90048-K
12. Yang, L., Min, G., Yu, H., Han, J., Paderno, Y.B.: Densification and mechanical properties of CaB6 with nickel as a sintering aid. Ceram. Int.
31, 271–276 (2005)
13. Yakel, H.L.: The crystal structure of a boron-rich boron carbide. Acta Crystallogr. Sect. B Struct. Crystallogr. Cryst. Chem. 31, 1797–1806 (1975)
14. Suri, A.K., Subramanian, C., Sonber, J.K., Murthy, T.S.R.C.: Synthesis and consolidation of boron carbide: a review. Int. Mater. Rev. 55,
4–40 (2010)
15. Werheit, H.: Are there bipolarons in icosahedral boron-rich solids? J. Phys. Condens. Matter. 19, 186207 (2007)
16. Vast, N., Sjakste, J., Betranhandy, E.: Boron carbides from first principles. J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 176, 012002 (2009)
17. Fanchini, G., McCauley, J.W., Chhowalla, M.: Behavior of disordered boron carbide under stress. Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 035502 (2006)
18. Mauri, F., Vast, N., Pickard, C.J.: Atomic structure of icosahedral B4C boron carbide from a first principles analysis of NMR spectra. Phys.
Rev. Lett. 87, 855061–855064 (2001)
19. Kunka, C., Awasthi, A., Subhash, G.: Crystallographic and spectral equivalence of boron-carbide polymorphs. Scr. Mater. 122, 82–85 (2016)
20. Domnich, V., Reynaud, S., Haber, R.A., Chhowalla, M.: Boron carbide: structure, properties, and stability under stress. J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 94,
3605–3628 (2011)
21. Awasthi, A.P., Subhash, G.: High-pressure deformation and amorphization in boron carbide. J. Appl. Phys. 125, 215901 (2019)
22. Xie, K.Y., et al.: Breaking the icosahedra in boron carbide. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 113, 12012–12016 (2016)
23. Chen, M.: Shock-induced localized amorphization in boron carbide. Science (80). 299, 1563–1566 (2003)
24. Grady, D.E.: Hugoniot equation of state and dynamic strength of boron carbide. J. Appl. Phys. 117, 165904 (2015)
25. Parsard, G., Subhash, G., Jannotti, P.: Amorphization-induced volume change and residual stresses in boron carbide. J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 101,
2606–2615 (2018)
26. Aryal, S., Rulis, P., Ching, W.Y.: Mechanism for amorphization of boron carbide B4C under uniaxial compression. Phys. Rev. B. 84,
184112 (2011)
27. Domnich, V., Gogotsi, Y., Trenary, M., Tanaka, T.: Nanoindentation and Raman spectroscopy studies of boron carbide single crystals. Appl.
Phys. Lett. 81, 3783–3785 (2002)
28. Bavdekar, S., Parsard, G., Subhash, G., Satapathy, S.: An improved dynamic expanding cavity model for high-pressure and high-strain rate
response of ceramics. Int. J. Solids Struct. 125, 77–88 (2017)
29. Bourne, N.K.: On the failure and dynamic performance of materials. Exp. Mech. 52, 153–159 (2012)
30. Bourne, N.K.: The relation of failure under 1D shock to the ballistic performance of brittle materials. Int. J. Impact Eng. 35, 674–683 (2008)
31. Vogler, T.J., Reinhart, W.D., Chhabildas, L.C.: Dynamic behavior of boron carbide. J. Appl. Phys. 95, 4173–4183 (2004)
32. Kolel-Veetila, M.K., Gamachea, R.M., Bernsteinb, N.L., Goswamib, R., Qadrib, S.B., Fearsa, K.P., Millera, J.B., Glaser, E.R., Keller, T.M.:
Substitution of silicon within the rhombohedral boron carbide (B4C) crystal lattice through high-energy ball- milling. J. Mater. Chem. 1,
3777 (2013)
33. DeVries, M., Subhash, G.: Influence of carbon nanotubes as secondary phase addition on the mechanical properties and amorphization of
boron carbide. J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 39, 1974–1983 (2019)
34. Itoh, H., Maekawa, I., Iwahara, H.: Microstructure and mechanical properties of B6O-B4C sintered composites prepared under high pressure.
J. Mater. Sci. 35, 693–698 (2000)
35. Proctor, J.E., et al.: Stabilization of boron carbide via silicon doping. J. Phys. Condens. Matter. 27 (2014)
36. Music, D., Kreissig, U., Czigány, Z., Helmersson, U., Schneider, J.M.: Elastic modulus-density relationship for amorphous boron suboxide
thin films. Appl. Phys. A Mater. Sci. Process. 76, 269–271 (2003)
37. Herrmann, M., et al.: Boron suboxide ultrahard materials. Int. J. Refract. Met. Hard Mater. 39, 53–60 (2013)
38. Kobayashi, M., Higashi, I., Brodhag, C., Thévenot, F.: Structure of B6O boron-suboxide by Rietveld refinement. J. Mater. Sci. 28,
2129–2134 (1993)
39. An, Q., Goddard, W.A.: Boron suboxide and boron subphosphide crystals: hard ceramics that shear without brittle failure. Chem. Mater. 27,
2855–2860 (2015)
40. He, D., et al.: Boron suboxide: as hard as cubic boron nitride. Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 643–645 (2002)
41. Kunka, C., et al.: Nanotwinning and amorphization of boron suboxide. Acta Mater. 147, 195–202 (2018)
42. Badzian, A.R.: Superhard material comparable in hardness to diamond. Appl. Phys. Lett. 53, 2495–2497 (1988)
43. Solodkyi, I., et al.: Synthesis of B6O powder and spark plasma sintering of B6O and B6O-B4C ceramics. J. Ceram. Soc. Japan. 121,
950–955 (2013)
44. An, Q., et al.: nanotwinned boron suboxide (B6O): new ground state of B6O. Nano Lett. 16, 4236–4242 (2016)
45. An, Q., et al.: Nucleation of amorphous shear bands at nanotwins in boron suboxide. Nat. Commun. 7 (2016)
46. Tang, B., An, Q., Goddard, W.A.: Improved ductility of boron carbide by microalloying with boron suboxide. J. Phys. Chem. C. 119,
24649–24656 (2015)
47. Kurakevych, O.O., Solozhenko, V.L.: Experimental study and critical review of structural, thermodynamic and mechanical properties of superhard refractory boron suboxide B6O. J. Superhard Mater. 33, 421–428 (2011)
48. Music, D., Schneider, J.M.: Elastic properties of amorphous boron suboxide based solids studied using ab initio molecular dynamics. J. Phys.
Condens. Matter. 20, 195203 (2008)
49. Lundström, T.: structure and bulk modulus of high-strength boron compounds. J. Solid State Chem. 133, 88–92 (1997)
50. Petuskey, W.T., et al.: High-pressure, high-temperature synthesis and characterization of boron suboxide (B6O). Chem. Mater. 10,
1530–1537 (2002)
51. Lu, Y.P., He, D.W.: Structure and elastic properties of boron suboxide at 240 GPa. J. Appl. Phys. 105, 083540 (2009)
15 Static and Dynamic Mechanical Characterization of a Spark Plasma Sintered B 6 O–B 4 C Composite