Tunable tensile ductility in metallic glasses

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Magagnosc, D J ^a   Ehrbar, R ^a,b   Kumar, G ^c   He, M R ^a   Schroers, J ^d   Gianola, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Texas Tech University   (United States)

^d Yale University   (United States)

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EID: 84873126210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01096     Document Type: Article

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