Observation of higher stiffness in nanopolycrystal diamond than monocrystal diamond

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Tanigaki, Kenichi ^a   Ogi, Hirotsugu ^a   Sumiya, Hitoshi ^b   Kusakabe, Koichi ^a   Nakamura, Nobutomo ^a   Hirao, Masahiko ^a   Ledbetter, Hassel ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^c University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND;

CHEMICAL BONDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTAL PROPERTY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIAMOND; GRAIN BOUNDARY; SIZE; STIFFNESS; TRANSFORM;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; RIGIDITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84883077192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3343     Document Type: Article

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