In situ Study of Cracking and Buckling of Chromium Films on PET Substrates

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 219-227

  Jin, H ^a   Lu, W Y ^a   Cordill, M J ^b   Schmidegg, K ^c  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^c Hueck Folien GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Buckle; Cr on PET; Crack; In situ AFM imaging; Tensile loading

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BUCKLING; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM METALLOGRAPHY; CRACKS; METALLIC FILMS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; STRAIN; TENSILE STRESS; ADHESION; LOADING; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; COMPOSITE FILMS;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; BUCKLING BEHAVIORS; CR ON PETS; IN-SITU AFM; INTERFACIAL FRACTURE ENERGY; NANO-SCALE MEASUREMENTS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES (PET); TENSILE LOADING; AFM; AFM IMAGE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE (AFM); BUCKLE; CHROMIUM FILM; CR FILM; DUCTILE METALS; ELASTIC BUCKLING; IN-SITU; IN-SITU STUDY; INTER-LAYERS; LARGE STRAINS; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; OPTICAL MICROSCOPES; PET SUBSTRATE; SCAN AREA; STRAIN LEVELS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; LINE PROFILES;

LOADING; STRAIN;

EID: 79251551425     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: 17412765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11340-010-9359-x     Document Type: Article

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