A simple nanoindentation-based methodology to assess the strength of brittle thin films

Acta Materialia

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1633-1641

  Borrero López, Oscar ^a   Hoffman, Mark ^a   Bendavid, Avi ^b   Martin, Phil J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fracture; Nanoindentation; Thin films

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBON; BRITTLE FRACTURE; COMPOSITE FILMS; DEPOSITION; FOCUSED ION BEAMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOINDENTATION;

DISCONTINUITIES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; SOFT FOUNDATION;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 40849086150     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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