Reverse size effect in the fracture strength of brittle thin films

Scripta Materialia

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 937-940

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ceramics; Fracture; Nanoindentation; Thin films

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBON; AMORPHOUS FILMS; BRITTLE FRACTURE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; NANOINDENTATION; SIZE DETERMINATION; THIN FILMS;

AMORPHOUS CARBON FILMS; BRITTLE STRUCTURES; CERAMICS; CONCOMITANT DECREASE; CRITICAL DEFECTS; FRACTURE STRENGTHS; MECHANICAL RELIABILITIES; PROBABILISTIC DESIGNS; SIZE EFFECTS; STRESS INTENSITIES; SUB MICRONS; SUB-MICRON SCALE; WEIBULL;

CARBON FILMS;

EID: 62849102298     PISSN: 13596462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2009.01.042     Document Type: Article

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