In situ nanocompression testing of irradiated copper

Nature Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 608-613

  Kiener, D ^a,b,e   Hosemann, P ^c   Maloy, S A ^d   Minor, A M ^a,b  

^a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COPPER; GLOBAL WARMING; ION BEAMS; IRRADIATION; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RADIATION DAMAGE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YIELD STRESS;

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISLOCATION SOURCES; IRRADIATION CONDITIONS; IRRADIATION DEFECT; RADIATION ENVIRONMENTS; RADIATION INDUCED DEFECTS; SIZE DEPENDENT STRENGTHS;

DEFECTS;

EID: 79960621920     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3055     Document Type: Article

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