The effect of self-assembled monolayers on interfacial fracture

Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 860-870

  Mello, Alberto W ^a   Liechti, Kenneth M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIAXIAL LOADING DEVICES; CRACK OPENING INTERFEROMETRY; INTERFACIAL FRACTURES; SAPPHIRE/EPOXY INTERFACES;

ADHESION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRACKS; EPOXY RESINS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); INTERFEROMETRY; SAPPHIRE; SELF ASSEMBLY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

MONOLAYERS;

EID: 33748431401     PISSN: 00218936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1940662     Document Type: Conference Paper

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