Study of Hardness of Superhard Crystals by Topological Indices
Xiujun Zhang, Muhammad Naeem, Abdul Qudair Baig, Manzoor Ahmad Zahid
Abstract
Topological indices give immense information about a molecular structure or chemical structure. The hardness of materials for the indentation can be defined microscopically as the total resistance and effect of chemical bonds in the respective materials. The aim of this paper is to study the hardness of some superhard <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M1"> <a:mi>B</a:mi> <a:msub> <a:mrow> <a:mi>C</a:mi> </a:mrow> <a:mrow> <a:mi>x</a:mi> </a:mrow> </a:msub> </a:math> crystals by means of topological indices, specifically Randić index and atom-bond connectivity index.
Topics & Concepts
Topological indexChemistryIndentationAtom (system on chip)CrystallographyTopology (electrical circuits)Chemical bondWear resistanceCombinatoricsComputational chemistryComposite materialMathematicsOrganic chemistryMaterials scienceEmbedded systemComputer scienceBoron and Carbon Nanomaterials ResearchBiochemical effects in animalsFullerene Chemistry and Applications