The hardness of silicon and germanium

Acta Materialia

Volumn 55, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 6307-6315

  Vandeperre, L J ^a   Giuliani, F ^a   Lloyd, S J ^a   Clegg, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hardness; Transformations

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; HARDNESS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PLASTIC FLOW; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LATTICE RESISTANCE; SPHERICAL CAVITY MODEL; TRANSFORMATION PRESSURE;

SILICON;

EID: 35148859821     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2007.07.036     Document Type: Article

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