Nanometer-scale contact mechanics of tungsten-gold contacts in ultra-high vacuum

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 1021, Issue , 2007, Pages 29-40

  Unertl, W N ^a   Lad, R J ^a   Smallwood, S A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AU(110); BEFORE AND AFTER; BULK VALUE; CONTACT MECHANICS; CROSS-HAIR; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC SLIP; EFFECTIVE MODULI; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIELD ION MICROSCOPY; FIRST YIELD; FORCE SENSOR; GOLD CONTACTS; INELASTIC CONTACT; MEAN VALUES; NANO SCALE; NANOMETER-SCALE CONTACTS; POLYGONAL SHAPES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPES; THEORETICAL MODELS; TUNGSTEN PROBES; TUNGSTEN TIP; YIELD POINTS;

DEFORMATION; INDENTATION; PROBES; SURFACES; TUNGSTEN; VACUUM; YIELD STRESS;

NANOMECHANICS;

EID: 70350776275     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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