For decades, borides have been primarily studied as crystallographic oddities. With such a
wide variety of structures (a quick survey of the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database counts …

The discovery of durable, active, and affordable electrocatalysts for energy‐related catalytic
applications plays a crucial role in the advancement of energy conversion and storage …

To obtain thermodynamically stable single-phase high-entropy monoborides (HEMBs), the
formation abilities of two-compound monoborides were evaluated in advance by first …

Most nanomaterials, such as transition metal carbides, phosphides, nitrides, chalcogenides,
etc., have been extensively studied for their various properties in recent years. The similarly …

A new high-entropy monoboride (Mo 0.2 Ta 0.2 Ni 0.2 Cr 0.2 W 0.2) B ceramic with a WB-
type orthogonal structure was designed and synthesised by in-situ reactive hot pressing at …

Single-phase high-entropy monoborides (HEMBs) of the CrB prototype structure have been
synthesized for the first time. Reactive spark plasma sintering of ball milled mixtures of …

Conspectus Mechanical hardness is a physical property used to gauge the applications of
materials in the manufacturing and machining industries. Because of their high hardness …

DISCUSSION Metal borides possess many remarkable mechanical, 1–4 optical, 5 magnetic,
5 and thermal 6 properties. Among the mechanical properties, hardness, and …

Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) generally leverage one or two monomers with specific
sizes and shapes to access highly symmetric and periodic polymer networks. Almost all …

An enduring quest in materials research is to reconcile two of the most prominent yet often
conflicting mechanical properties, hardness and toughness. Strong covalent solids like …