Ternary carbides and nitrides based on transition metals and subgroup IIIB, IVB elements: electronic structure and chemical bonding

Data obtained in theoretical and experimental studies on the electronic structures, the nature of chemical bonding, and certain physicochemical properties of ternary carbides and nitrides involving transition metals and subgroup IIIB and IVB elements are surveyed. The possibilities and prospects for the application of computational quantum-chemical methods for the modelling of new complex solid solutions based on metal-like carbides and nitrides and also for the description of their fundamental properties are discussed. The bibliography includes 168 references.