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Chamorro, J. R.; Zhang, X.; McQueen, T. M.; Bowen, K. H.;
Alexandrova, A. N. Mystery of Three Borides: Differential Metal-
Boron Bonding Governing Superhard Structures. Chem. Mater. 2017,
29, 9892−9896.
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15) Mohammadi, R.; Lech, A. T.; Xie, M.; Weaver, B. E.; Yeung, M.
T.; Tolbert, S. H.; Kaner, R. B. Tungsten tetraboride, an inexpensive
superhard material. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2011, 108, 10958−
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(16) Lech, A. T.; Turner, C. L.; Mohammadi, R.; Tolbert, S. H.;
Kaner, R. B. Structure of superhard tungsten tetraboride: A missing link
between MB2and MB12higher borides. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.
The authors declare the following competing financial
interest(s): C. L. T. and R. B. K. have an equity interest in
SuperMetalix, Inc., a start-up company developing superhard
metals for tooling applications.
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17) Lech, A. T.; Turner, C. L.; Lei, J.; Mohammadi, R.; Tolbert, S. H.;
Kaner, R. B. Superhard Rhenium/Tungsten Diboride Solid Solutions. J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 14398−14408.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
(18) Mohammadi, R.; Xie, M.; Lech, A. T.; Turner, C. L.; Kavner, A.;
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Tolbert, S. H.; Kaner, R. B. Toward Inexpensive Superhard Materials:
Tungsten Tetraboride-Based Solid Solutions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012,
The financial support for this research was provided by the
National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research
under grant DMR-1506860 (R.B.K.), the Dr. Myung Ki Hong
Endowed Chair in Materials Innovation (R.B.K.), and the
UCLA Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship (G. A.).
The authors would also like to thank Lindsay Chaney, Hang Yin,
and Paul Joseph (P. J.) Robinson for their thoughtful
discussions.
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