Limits of hardness at the nanoscale: Molecular dynamics simulations

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

  Vo, Nhon Q ^a   Averback, Robert S ^a   Bellon, Pascal ^a   Caro, Alfredo ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 58549106844     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.241402     Document Type: Article

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