What is behind the inverse Hall-Petch effect in nanocrystalline materials?

Acta Materialia

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3749-3756

  Carlton, C E ^a   Ferreira, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dislocations; Grain boundaries; Nanocrystalline materials; Plastic deformation; Theory

Indexed keywords

DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HALL EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HALL-PETCH EFFECT; STATISTICAL ABSORPTION;

NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 34248592319     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2007.02.021     Document Type: Article

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