A novel atomistic approach to determine strain-gradient elasticity constants: Tabulation and comparison for various metals, semiconductors, silica, polymers and the (Ir) relevance for nanotechnologies

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1823-1852

  Maranganti, R ^a   Sharma, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomistic method; Nonlocal elasticity; Phonon dispersion; Sign paradox; Strain gradient elasticity

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELASTICITY TESTING; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

ATOMISTIC CALCULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL ENSEMBLE; PHONON DISPERSION; STRAIN-GRADIENT ELASTICITY CONSTANTS;

STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 34347372607     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2007.02.011     Document Type: Article

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