On the transition from brittle to plastic failure in breaking a nanocrystal under tension (NUT)

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-106

  Abraham, F F ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0031562591     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i1997-00208-x     Document Type: Article

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