Elasticity, strength, and toughness of single crystal silicon carbide, ultrananocrystalline diamond, and hydrogen-free tetrahedral amorphous carbon

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Espinosa, H D ^a   Peng, B ^a   Moldovan, N ^a   Friedmann, T A ^b   Xiao, X ^c   Mancini, D C ^c   Auciello, O ^c   Carlisle, J ^c   Zorman, C A ^d   Merhegany, M ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBON; SINGLE CRYSTAL SILICON CARBIDE; ULTRANANOCRYSTALLINE DIAMONDS; WEIBULL THEORY;

AMORPHOUS FILMS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SILICON CARBIDE; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33747502822     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2336220     Document Type: Article

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