Elastic anisotropy of β-silicon nitride whiskers

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2661-2669

  Hay, Jack C ^a,b,c,d   Sun, Ellen Y ^a,b,c   Pharr, George M ^a,b,e   Becher, Paul F ^a,b,c   Alexander, Kathleen B ^a,b,c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

^c AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^d IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

INDENTATION MECHANICS MODEL; NANOINDENTATION TECHNIQUES;

SILICON NITRIDE;

EID: 0032180964     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1998.tb02674.x     Document Type: Article

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