Nanoindentation and nanoscratching of rutile and anatase TiO2 studied using molecular dynamics simulations

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 20, Issue 35, 2008, Pages

  Gheewala, I ^a   Smith, R ^a   Kenny, S D ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOINDENTATION; OXIDE MINERALS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPES; COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; CONTACT PRESSURES; CRYSTAL SURFACE ORIENTATIONS; INDENTER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PILE-UP; REASONABLE AGREEMENTS; RELATIVE VALUES; RUTILE AND ANATASES; RUTILE SURFACES; SLIP SYSTEMS; SPRING MODELS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 56349129674     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/35/354010     Document Type: Article

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