Combinatorial investigation of the mechanical properties of aluminum-silicon thin film nanocomposites

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1029-1036

  Olk, Charles H ^a   Lukitsch, M ^a   Haddad, D B ^b  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; HARDNESS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; THERMAL EFFECTS; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

INDENTATION EXPERIMENTS; NANOCOMPOSITE HARDNESS; THIN FILM MICROSTRUCTURE; THIN FILM NANOCOMPOSITES;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 34247396941     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2007.0139     Document Type: Article

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