[1] Fahrenholtz WG, Hilmas GE, Talmy IG, et al. Refractory diborides of zirconium and hafnium. J Am Ceram Soc 2007, 90:1347-1364.
[2] Liu D, Liu HH, Ning SS, et al. Chrysanthemum-like high-entropy diboride nanoflowers: A new class of high-entropy nanomaterials. J Adv Ceram 2020, 9: 339-348.
[3] Liu D, Wen T, Ye B, et al. Synthesis of superfine high-entropy metal diboride powders. Scripta Mater 2019, 167: 110-114.
[4] Gild J, Zhang Y, Harrington T, et al. High-entropy metal diborides: a new class of high-entropy materials and a new type of ultrahigh temperature ceramics. Sci Rep 2016, 6: 37946.
[5] Tallarita G, Licheri R, Garroni S, et al. Novel processing route for the fabrication of bulk high-entropy metal diborides. Scripta Mater 2019, 158: 100-104.
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[8] Ni DW, Zhang GJ, Kan YM, et al. Hot pressed HfB2 and HfB2-20vol%SiC ceramics based on HfB2 powder synthesized by borothermal reduction of HfO2. Int J Appl Ceram Technol 2010, 7: 830-836.
[9] Liu D, Wen T, Ye B, et al. Synthesis of superfine high-entropy metal diboride powders. Scripta Mater 2019, 167: 110-114.
[10] Liu D, Liu H, Ning S, et al. Synthesis of high‐purity high‐entropy metal diboride powders by boro/carbothermal reduction. J Am Ceram Soc 2019, 102: 7071-7076.
[11] Zhang Y, Guo WM, Jiang ZB, et al. Dense high-entropy boride ceramics with ultra-high hardness. Scripta Mater 2019, 164: 135-139.
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[13] Buyakova SP, Knyazeva AG, Burlachenko AG, et al. Mechanical treatment of ZrB2-SiC powders and sintered ceramic composites properties. Res Develop 2018, 1: 521-530.
[14] Liu JX, Zhang GJ, Xu FF, et al. Densification, microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of WC doped HfB2-SiC ceramics. J Eur Ceram Soc 2015, 35: 2707-2714.
[15] Zou J, Zhang GJ, Vleugels J, et al. High temperature strength of hot pressed ZrB2-20vol% SiC ceramics based on ZrB2 starting powders prepared by different carbo/boro-thermal reduction routes. J Eur Ceram Soc 2013, 33: 1609-1614.
[16]Zhang HZ, Hedman D, Feng PZ, et al. A high-entropy B4(HfMo2TaTi)C and SiC ceramic Composite. Dalton Trans 2019, 48: 5161-5167.
[17] Shen XQ, Liu JX, Li F, et al. Preparation and characterization of diboride-based high entropy (Ti0.2Zr0.2Hf0.2Nb0.2Ta0.2)B2-SiC particulate composites. Ceram Int 2019, 45: 24508-24514.
[18] Liu JX, Shen XQ, Wu Y, et al. Mechanical properties of hot-pressed high-entropy diboride-based ceramics. J Adv Ceram 2020, in press, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40145-020-0383-8.
[19] Guo WM, Zhang GJ, Wang PL. Microstructural evolution and grain growth kinetics in ZrB2-SiC composites during heat treatment. J Am Ceram Soc 2009, 92: 2780-2783.
[20] Mallik M, Kailath AJ, Ray KK, et al. Effect of SiC content on electrical, thermal and ablative properties of pressureless sintered ZrB2-based ultrahigh temperature ceramic composites. J Eur Ceram Soc 2016, 37: 559-572.
[21] Baharvandi HR, Mashayekh S. Effects of SiC content on the densification, microstructure, and mechanical properties of HfB2-SiC composites. Int J Appl Ceram Technol 2020, 17: 449-458.
[22] Toby BH. EXPGUI, a graphical user interface for GSAS. J Appl Cryst 2001, 34: 210-213.
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[25] Frederic M, Stefano G, Alida B. Advances in microstructure and mechanical properties of zirconium diboride based ceramics. Mater Sci Eng A 2003, 346:310-319.
[1] Fahrenholtz WG, Hilmas GE, Talmy IG, et al. Refractory diborides of zirconium and hafnium. J Am Ceram Soc 2007, 90:1347-1364.
[2] Liu D, Liu HH, Ning SS, et al. Chrysanthemum-like high-entropy diboride nanoflowers: A new class of high-entropy nanomaterials. J Adv Ceram 2020, 9: 339-348.
[3] Liu D, Wen T, Ye B, et al. Synthesis of superfine high-entropy metal diboride powders. Scripta Mater 2019, 167: 110-114.
[4] Gild J, Zhang Y, Harrington T, et al. High-entropy metal diborides: a new class of high-entropy materials and a new type of ultrahigh temperature ceramics. Sci Rep 2016, 6: 37946.
[5] Tallarita G, Licheri R, Garroni S, et al. Novel processing route for the fabrication of bulk high-entropy metal diborides. Scripta Mater 2019, 158: 100-104.
[6] Gu JF, Zou J, Sun SK, et al. Dense and pure high-entropy metal diboride ceramics sintered from self-synthesized powders via boro/carbothermal reduction approach. Sci China Mater 2019, 62: 1-12.
[7] Zapata-Solvas E, Jayaseelan DD, Lin HT, et al. Mechanical properties of ZrB2- and HfB2-based ultra-high temperature ceramics fabricated by spark plasma sintering. J Eur Ceram Soc 2013, 33: 1373-1386.
[8] Ni DW, Zhang GJ, Kan YM, et al. Hot pressed HfB2 and HfB2-20vol%SiC ceramics based on HfB2 powder synthesized by borothermal reduction of HfO2. Int J Appl Ceram Technol 2010, 7: 830-836.
[9] Liu D, Wen T, Ye B, et al. Synthesis of superfine high-entropy metal diboride powders. Scripta Mater 2019, 167: 110-114.
[10] Liu D, Liu H, Ning S, et al. Synthesis of high‐purity high‐entropy metal diboride powders by boro/carbothermal reduction. J Am Ceram Soc 2019, 102: 7071-7076.
[11] Zhang Y, Guo WM, Jiang ZB, et al. Dense high-entropy boride ceramics with ultra-high hardness. Scripta Mater 2019, 164: 135-139.
[12] Zhang Y, Jiang ZB, Sun SK, et al. Microstructure and mechanical properties of high-entropy borides derived from boro/carbothermal reduction. J Eur Ceram Soc 2019, 39: 3920-3924.
[13] Buyakova SP, Knyazeva AG, Burlachenko AG, et al. Mechanical treatment of ZrB2-SiC powders and sintered ceramic composites properties. Res Develop 2018, 1: 521-530.
[14] Liu JX, Zhang GJ, Xu FF, et al. Densification, microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of WC doped HfB2-SiC ceramics. J Eur Ceram Soc 2015, 35: 2707-2714.
[15] Zou J, Zhang GJ, Vleugels J, et al. High temperature strength of hot pressed ZrB2-20vol% SiC ceramics based on ZrB2 starting powders prepared by different carbo/boro-thermal reduction routes. J Eur Ceram Soc 2013, 33: 1609-1614.
[16]Zhang HZ, Hedman D, Feng PZ, et al. A high-entropy B4(HfMo2TaTi)C and SiC ceramic Composite. Dalton Trans 2019, 48: 5161-5167.
[17] Shen XQ, Liu JX, Li F, et al. Preparation and characterization of diboride-based high entropy (Ti0.2Zr0.2Hf0.2Nb0.2Ta0.2)B2-SiC particulate composites. Ceram Int 2019, 45: 24508-24514.
[18] Liu JX, Shen XQ, Wu Y, et al. Mechanical properties of hot-pressed high-entropy diboride-based ceramics. J Adv Ceram 2020, in press, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40145-020-0383-8.
[19] Guo WM, Zhang GJ, Wang PL. Microstructural evolution and grain growth kinetics in ZrB2-SiC composites during heat treatment. J Am Ceram Soc 2009, 92: 2780-2783.
[20] Mallik M, Kailath AJ, Ray KK, et al. Effect of SiC content on electrical, thermal and ablative properties of pressureless sintered ZrB2-based ultrahigh temperature ceramic composites. J Eur Ceram Soc 2016, 37: 559-572.
[21] Baharvandi HR, Mashayekh S. Effects of SiC content on the densification, microstructure, and mechanical properties of HfB2-SiC composites. Int J Appl Ceram Technol 2020, 17: 449-458.
[22] Toby BH. EXPGUI, a graphical user interface for GSAS. J Appl Cryst 2001, 34: 210-213.
[23] Rueden CT, Schindelin J, Hiner MC, et al. ImageJ2: ImageJ for the next generation of scientific image data. BMC Bioinf 2017, 18:529.
[25] Frederic M, Stefano G, Alida B. Advances in microstructure and mechanical properties of zirconium diboride based ceramics. Mater Sci Eng A 2003, 346:310-319.