Ductility at the nanoscale: Deformation and fracture of adhesive contacts using atomic force microscopy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Pradeep, N ^a   Kim, D I ^a   Grobelny, J ^a,b   Hawa, T ^a,c   Henz, B ^d   Zachariah, M R ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DEFORMATION; DUCTILITY; GOLD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SILICA;

ADHESIVE CONTACTS; SPHERICAL PROBES;

ADHESIVES;

EID: 36248947933     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2815648     Document Type: Article

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