Using shape anisotropy to toughen disordered nanoparticle assemblies

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 8043-8050

  Zhang, Lei ^a   Feng, Gang ^b   Zeravcic, Zorana ^c   Brugarolas, Teresa ^a   Liu, Andrea J ^d   Lee, Daeyeon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Villanova University   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

disordered nanoparticle assemblies; fracture toughness; nanoindentation; shape anisotropy; shear band

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC NANOPARTICLES; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISORDERED MATERIALS; ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGES; NANOPARTICLE ASSEMBLIES; SHAPE ANISOTROPY; SHEAR BAND FORMATION; SPHERICAL NANOPARTICLES;

ANISOTROPY; ENERGY CONVERSION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; METALLIC GLASS; NANOINDENTATION; NANOPARTICLES; SHEAR BANDS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84884937737     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn403214p     Document Type: Article

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