Mechanical spectroscopy of nanocrystalline aluminum films: Effects of frequency and grain size on internal friction

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Sosale, Guruprasad ^a   Almecija, Dorothée ^a   Das, Kaushik ^a   Vengallatore, Srikar ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE GRAIN SIZE; EFFECTS OF SCALE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FUNCTION OF FREQUENCY; FUNDAMENTAL LIMITS; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN-BOUNDARY SLIDINGS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL SPECTROSCOPY; MICROCANTILEVER PLATFORMS; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALUMINUM; NANOCRYSTALLINES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SINGLE CRYSTAL SILICON; THERMOELASTIC DAMPING;

ANNEALING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GRAIN BOUNDARY SLIDING; GRAIN GROWTH; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; METALLIC FILMS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; THICK FILMS;

INTERNAL FRICTION;

EID: 84859181450     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/15/155701     Document Type: Article

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