One-dimensional fast migration of vacancy clusters in metals

Science

Volumn 318, Issue 5852, 2007, Pages 959-962

  Matsukawa, Yoshitaka ^a,b,c   Zinkle, Steven J ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN; METAL; NANOMATERIAL;

CRYSTAL PROPERTY; CRYSTALLINITY; METAL; MICROSTRUCTURE; SOLID;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLID; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 36048965124     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1148336     Document Type: Article

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