Plastic deformation in nanometer scale contacts

Langmuir

Volumn 12, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 4505-4509

  Agrait N ^a   Rubio, G ^a   Vieira, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 0006108615     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la950888i     Document Type: Article

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