AlN nanowires for Al-based composites with high strength and low thermal expansion

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2711-2718

  Tang, Y B ^a   Liu, Y Q ^a   Sun, C H ^a   Cong, H T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOWIRES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL EXPANSION; VOLUME FRACTION; YIELD STRESS;

NANOWIRE-MATRIX BOUNDARY;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 35448977724     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2007.0368     Document Type: Article

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