Intrinsic vulnerabilities to mechanical failure in nanoscale films

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 38, Issue 8-10, 2006, Pages 924-932

  Shah, Pooja ^a   Truskett, Thomas M ^a,b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical failure; Molecular simulations; Nanoscale films; Potential energy landscape

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TENSORS;

MECHANICAL FAILURES; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; NANOSCALE FILMS; POTENTIAL ENERGY LANDSCAPES;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33646383850     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2005.06.020     Document Type: Article

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