A reliable technique to determine the local mechanical properties at the nanoscale for cementitious materials

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1440-1444

  Mondal, Paramita ^a   Shah, Surendra P ^a   Marks, Laurence ^b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AFM; Cementitious materials; Mechanical properties; Nanoindentation; Nanostructure

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOINDENTATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY;

CEMENT PASTES; HYSITRON TRIBOINDENTERS; NANOINDENTERS;

CEMENTS;

EID: 34548695673     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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