Surface structural transformation of sintered alumina induced by excimer laser irradiation

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4489-4496

  Dupas Bruzek, C ^a   Laude, L D ^a   Langenhorst, F ^b   Kolev, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; EXCIMER LASERS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; NUCLEATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SURFACE STRUCTURE; THERMAL DIFFUSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TRIBOLOGY;

SURFACE STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

SINTERED ALUMINA;

EID: 0037666192     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1555703     Document Type: Article

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