Macroscopic scattering of cracks initiated at single impurity atoms

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kermode, J R ^a   Ben Bashat, L ^b   Atrash, F ^b   Cilliers, J J ^c   Sherman, D ^b   De Vita, A ^a,d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; SILICON;

BORON; BRITTLE MEDIUM; CRYSTAL; SCATTERING; SILICON;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CHEMICAL REACTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84884278516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3441     Document Type: Article

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