Advanced TEM investigation of the plasticity mechanisms in nanocrystalline freestanding palladium films with nanoscale twins

International Journal of Plasticity

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 140-156

  Wang, B ^a   Idrissi, H ^a   Galceran, M ^b   Colla, M S ^c   Turner, S ^a   Hui, S ^a   Raskin, J P ^c   Pardoen, T ^c   Godet, S ^b   Schryvers, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy (C); Mechanical testing (C); Microstructures (A); Nanocrystalline Pd films; Strengthening mechanisms (A)

Indexed keywords

BURGERS VECTOR; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HARDENING; MECHANICAL TESTING; OXIDE FILMS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTICITY; PLASTICITY TESTING; STRAIN HARDENING; TENSILE TESTING; THIN FILMS;

ABERRATION-CORRECTED MICROSCOPIES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC TEXTURES; DISLOCATION MULTIPLICATION; ELECTRON BEAM EVAPORATION; NANOCRYSTALLINE PALLADIUM; PD FILM; STRENGTHENING MECHANISMS;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84864716089     PISSN: 07496419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijplas.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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