Molecular dynamics study on the nanoimprint of copper

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 4928-4935

  Pei, Q X ^a   Lu, C ^a   Liu, Z S ^a   Lam, K Y ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); ELASTIC DEFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EMBEDDED ATOM METHOD (EAM); LARGE TAPER ANGLES; PATTERN TRANSFERS; STRESS FIELDS;

COPPER;

EID: 34547824245     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/40/16/026     Document Type: Article

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