On the indentation recovery and fleeting hardness of polymers

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3029-3036

  Tweedie, Catherine A ^a   Van Vliet, Krystyn J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; HARDNESS; INDENTATION; PLASTICITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOELASTICITY;

INDENTATION HARDNESS; TIME-LAPSED SCANNING-PROBE MICROSCOPY; VISCOELASTOPLASTIC MATERIALS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 33846325107     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2006.0377     Document Type: Article

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