Room temperature mechanical thinning and imprinting of solid films

Nano Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 357-362

  Cross, Graham L W ^a   O'Connell, Barry S ^a   Özer, H Ozgür ^a   Pethica, John B ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIES; DUCTILITY; FORGING; ISOTHERMS; MASS TRANSFER; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

IMPRINTING; MECHANICAL THINNING; SHEAR MOTION; SOLID FILMS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33847721514     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl0624566     Document Type: Article

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