Nanoscale wear as a stress-assisted chemical reaction

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 108-112

  Jacobs, Tevis D B ^a   Carpick, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN SITU PROCESSING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; REACTION KINETICS; TRIBOLOGY;

ACTIVATION PARAMETER; CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; IN-SITU TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; NANOSCALE CONTACTS; SMALL SCALE DEVICES;

WEAR OF MATERIALS;

DIAMOND; PLASTIC; SILICON;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; IMAGING; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VACUUM;

EID: 84873570532     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2012.255     Document Type: Article

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