In situ indentation of nanoporous gold thin films in the transmission electron microscope

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 232-241

  Sun, Y E ^a   Jia, Y E ^b   Minor, Andrew M ^b,c   Balk, T John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Dislocations; Gold; Loading rate; Mechanical behavior; Porous materials; TEM

Indexed keywords

DROPS; GOLD; METALLIC FILMS; NANOINDENTATION; PLASTICITY; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DISLOCATION; DISPLACEMENT RATE; GOLD; GOLD THIN FILMS; LOAD DROPS; LOADING RATE; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; NANOPOROUS GOLD; TEM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

POROUS MATERIALS;

GOLD; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; FILM; MATERIALS HANDLING; NANOINDENTATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PLASTICITY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 61449210854     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20676     Document Type: Article

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