Nanomechanical characterisation of solid surfaces and thin films

International Materials Reviews

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 125-164

  Bhushan, Bharat ^a   Li, Xiaodong ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HARDNESS; INDENTATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STIFFNESS;

SOLID SURFACES;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0041345927     PISSN: 09506608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/095066003225010227     Document Type: Review

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