A scaling law for properties of nano-structured materials

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 462, Issue 2069, 2006, Pages 1355-1363

  Wang, J ^a   Duan, H L ^a   Huang, Z P ^a   Karihaloo, B L ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intrinsic length scale; Nano structured material; Scaling law; Size effect; Surface effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745692480     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2005.1637     Document Type: Article

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