Determination of mechanical properties of superhard amorphous, nanocrystalline, and microcrystalline materials by laser-based surface acoustic waves

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4703, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-13

  Hess, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAMOND FILMS; ELASTIC MODULI; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NUCLEATION; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; POISSON RATIO; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE SPECTROSCOPY (SAWS);

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

EID: 0036028785     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.469610     Document Type: Conference Paper

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