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Production, Structure, Properties

Kvasnytsya V. M. Unusual nano-microcrystals of natural diamond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Solodkyi E. V., Bogomol Yu. I., Vterkovs’kyi M. Ya., Loboda P. I. Low-temperature synthesis of boron carbide ceramics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Laptiev A. V., Myslуvchenko О. М., Tolochyn O. I., Karpets M. V., Kuzmenko L. N., Silinska T. A. Special features of the interactions and phase formations in the WC–Fe₂O₃–С system when heating in vacuum and argon. . . . . . . . .

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Wang Liangbiao, Zhao Dejian, Cheng Qinglin, Lu Quanquan, Liu Weiqiao, Bao Keyan, Zhu Binglong, Zhou Quanfa. Iodine-assisted solid-state synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline zirconium diboride nanosheets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Kim E., Shimotsuma Y., Sakakura M., Miura K. Nano periodic structure formation in 4H–SiC crystal using femtosecond laser double-pulses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

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Panarin V. Ye., Svavil’nyi M. Ye., Skoryk M. A., Khominich A. I., Prikhna T. O., Shapovalov A. P. Synthesis peculiarities of CNT “forest” under conditions of adding a regulated plasma component of the working gas . . . . .

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Investigation of Machining Processes

Lavrinenko V. I., Ilnitskaya G. D., Petasyuk G. A., Ishchenko E. V., Gaidai S. V., Pasichnyi O. O., Skryabin V. V., Shatokhin V. V., Zaitseva I. N., Kuz’menko E. F., Timoshenko V. V. A study of the potential of improving  performance of AS20 diamond powders through altering their dimensional and physical-chemical  characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Filatov Yu. D. Interaction between debris particles and polishing powder wear particles in polishing optoelectronic components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Tools, Powders, Pastes

Dolmatov V. Yu. The influence of detonation synthesis conditions on the yield of condensed carbon and detonation nanodiamond through the example of using TNT-RDX explosive mixture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Letters to the Editor

Dub S. N., Belous V. A., Tolmacheva G. N., Kaidash O. N., Lukyanov A. I., Ushchapovskii Yu. P. The elastic–plastic transition during nanoindentation of titanium nitride. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Jubilee, Data

60^th anniversary of the academician of the NAS of Ukraine Turkevych Volodymyr Zinoviyovych. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

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