Yielding and irreversible deformation below the microscale: Surface effects and non-mean-field plastic avalanches

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Moretti, Paolo ^a,b   Cerruti, Benedetta ^a,c   Miguel, M Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c CANDIOLO CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPRESSION; CRYSTAL; GEOMETRY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ELASTICITY; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79958122393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020418     Document Type: Article

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