Strain gradients and the strength of nanoporous gold

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 746-753

  Dou, Rui ^a   Derby, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HIGH STRENGTH; MECHANISM-BASED MODEL; NANO-POROUS; NANOPOROUS GOLD; POROUS MICROSTRUCTURE; STRAIN GRADIENTS;

DEFORMATION; LIGAMENTS;

GOLD;

EID: 77955790140     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/JMR.2010.0099     Document Type: Article

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