A study of mechanical properties of pure and nitrogen-doped ultrananocrystalline diamond films under various loading conditions

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 811-823

  Shen, Luming ^a   Chen, Zhen ^b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Grain boundaries; Molecular dynamics; N Doping; Rate effect; Size effect; Temperature effect; Ultrananocrystalline diamond

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; DIAMONDS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); DYNAMICS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; STEEL STRUCTURES; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

N-DOPING; RATE EFFECT; SIZE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ULTRANANOCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND;

DIAMOND FILMS;

EID: 58149354392     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2008.09.036     Document Type: Article

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