Mechanical properties of Bi xSb 2-xTe 3 nanostructured thermoelectric material

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Li, G ^a   Gadelrab, K R ^a   Souier, T ^a   Potapov, P L ^b   Chen, G ^c   Chiesa, M ^a,c  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b GLOBALFOUNDRIES   (Germany)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D-FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; ENHANCED HARDNESS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOINDENTATION ANALYSIS; OLIVER-PHARR; P-TYPE; SYSTEM RELIABILITY; THERMOELECTRIC MATERIAL;

ANTIMONY; BISMUTH; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HARDNESS; MATERIALS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NANOINDENTATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

EID: 84862948396     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/6/065703     Document Type: Article

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