Colloquium: Failure of molecules, bones, and the Earth itself

Reviews of Modern Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1459-1487

  Buehler, Markus J ^a   Keten, Sinan ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; BIOLOGICAL PROTEINS; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; DAILY LIVES; DEFORMATION AND FRACTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FAILURE MECHANISM; HIERARCHICAL FEATURES; INTERATOMIC BONDS; INTRICATE STRUCTURES; MACRO SCALE; MATERIAL FAILURES; MATERIALS FAILURE; MOLECULAR SCALE; RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; SINGLE MOLECULE; TECTONIC PLATES; TISSUE LEVELS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL); MATERIALS SCIENCE; MOLECULES; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

FRACTURE;

EID: 77953284048     PISSN: 00346861     EISSN: 15390756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/RevModPhys.82.1459     Document Type: Article

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