Comparative investigation of strength and plastic instability in Cu/Au and Cu/Cr multilayers by indentation

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 728-735

  Li, Y P ^a   Zhu, X F ^a   Tan, J ^a   Wu, B ^a   Wang, W ^a   Zhang, G P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFINING EFFECTS; DEFORMATION BEHAVIORS; DEFORMATION INSTABILITIES; DISLOCATION ACTIVITIES; HALL-PETCH SLOPES; INTERFACE STRUCTURES; LAYER CONFIGURATIONS; LAYER THICKNESS; LAYER THICKNESS RATIOS; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MICRO INDENTATIONS; PLASTIC INSTABILITIES; SUB MICROMETERS;

DEFORMATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 63149113432     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2009.0092     Document Type: Article

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