Increased time-dependent room temperature plasticity in metallic glass nanopillars and its size-dependency

International Journal of Plasticity

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 108-118

  Yoo, Byung Gil ^a   Kim, Ju Young ^b   Kim, Yong Jae ^a   Choi, In Chul ^a   Shim, Sanghoon ^c   Tsui, Ting Y ^d   Bei, Hongbin ^e   Ramamurty, Upadrasta ^f   Jang, Jae Il ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (RIST)   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Metallic glass; Nanomechanical properties; Nanopillar; Size effect; Time dependent plasticity

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS ALLOYS; CREEP; GLASS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTICITY; STRAIN; STRAIN RATE; YIELD STRESS;

NANOMECHANICAL PROPERTY; NANOPILLAR; PLASTIC DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR; ROOM-TEMPERATURE PLASTICITY; SIZE EFFECTS; SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO; TIME DEPENDENT; ZR BASED BULK METALLIC GLASS;

METALLIC GLASS;

EID: 84864674391     PISSN: 07496419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijplas.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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