Anisotropic mechanical amorphization drives wear in diamond

Nature Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-38

  Pastewka, Lars ^a   Moser, Stefan ^a   Gumbsch, Peter ^a,b   Moseler, Michael ^a,c  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MECHANICS OF MATERIALS IWM   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; ANISOTROPY; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CUTTING TOOLS; MECHANICAL DRIVES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; ORDER DISORDER TRANSITIONS; POLISHING;

AMBIENT OXYGEN; AMORPHOUS INTERLAYERS; DIAMOND SURFACES; PLANARIZATION PROCESS; POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMONDS; POLYCRYSTALLINE FILM; SLIDING DIRECTION; SURFACE ORIENTATION;

DIAMONDS;

EID: 78650266415     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2902     Document Type: Article

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