High temperature stabilization of nanocrystalline grain size: Thermodynamic versus kinetic strategies

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1785-1791

  Koch, Carl C ^a   Scattergood, Ronald O ^a   Saber, Mostafa ^a   Kotan, Hasan ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; GRAIN MICROSTRUCTURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOMOLOGOUS TEMPERATURE; KINETIC STABILIZATION; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; NANOCRYSTALLINE GRAIN SIZE; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATRIX;

FLAT CABLES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; KINETICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; STABILIZATION;

TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84880245926     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.429     Document Type: Review

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