Contact fatigue in an alumina microcontact: A confocal laser scanning microscope study

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3196-3200

  Chen, Yun ^a   Koynov, Kaloian ^a   Butt, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELASTIC MODULI; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FLUORESCENCE; LOADS (FORCES); MICROCRACKS; MICROMECHANICS; PHOTONS;

CONTACT FATIGUE; HERTZ'S LAW; MICROMECHANICAL CONTACT; TWO-PHOTON EXCITATION;

ALUMINA;

EID: 36549025969     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2007.0397     Document Type: Article

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