Structure and mechanical properties of copper/niobium multilayers

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1673-1676

  Mitchell, Terence E ^a,b   Lu, Yong Cheng ^a   Griffin Jr , Alfred J ^a   Nastasi, Michael ^a   Kung, Harriet ^a,b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HARDNESS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; RESIDUAL STRESSES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COPPER NIOBIUM MULTILAYER; DISLOCATION DENSITY; HALL-PETCH RELATIONSHIP; KURDJUMOV-SACHS ORIENTATION RELATIONSHIP; NANOINDENTATION TECHNIQUE; OROWAN DISLOCATION BOWING;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 0031190452     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1997.tb03037.x     Document Type: Article

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