Plastic zone at crack tip: A nanolab for formation and study of metallic glassy nanostructures

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2986-2992

  Xia, Xing Xiang ^a   Wang, Wei Hua ^a   Greer, A Lindsay ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK METALLIC GLASS; CONTROL NANOSTRUCTURES; DEFORMATION AND FRACTURE; FRACTURE SURFACES; GLASSY NANOSTRUCTURES; NANO SCALE; NANO-CONES; PLASTIC ZONE SIZE; PLASTIC ZONES; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

CRACK TIPS; ELECTRIC WIRE; GLASS; METALLIC GLASS; NANOSPHERES;

PLASTICS;

EID: 70350145019     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2009.0362     Document Type: Article

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