Effect of solution pH on the accelerated cracking of nanoporous thin-film glasses

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 680-687

  Guyer, Eric P ^a   Dauskardt, Reinhold H ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CRACK PROPAGATION; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PERMITTIVITY; PH EFFECTS; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; THIN FILMS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ACCELERATED CRACKING; NANOPOROUS THIN-FILM GLASSES; SOLUTION CHEMISTRY;

GLASS;

EID: 29044435187     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/JMR.2005.0079     Document Type: Article

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