Nanoscale strength distribution in amorphous versus crystalline metals

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2251-2263

  Packard, C E ^a   Franke, O ^a   Homer, E R ^a   Schuh, C A ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE METALS; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURES; NANOSCALE STRENGTH; PLASTIC YIELD; SHEAR TRANSFORMATION ZONES; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; STRUCTURAL FLUCTUATIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS; TWO-MATERIALS; YIELD POINTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GLASS TRANSITION; METALLIC GLASS; NANOINDENTATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLATE METAL;

GLASS;

EID: 78649522133     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2010.0299     Document Type: Article

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