Enhanced yield strength of materials: The thinness effect

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Jennett, N M ^a   Ghisleni, R ^b   Michler, J ^b  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LENGTH-TO-WIDTH RATIO; NANO LAYERS; SIZE EFFECTS; SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO; THIN STRUCTURE; YIELD STRENGTH;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

YIELD STRESS;

EID: 70349668961     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3226106     Document Type: Article

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