Microstructure versus flaw: Mechanisms of failure and strength in nanostructures

Nano Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5703-5709

  Gu, X Wendy ^a   Wu, Zhaoxuan ^c   Zhang, Yong Wei ^c   Srolovitz, David J ^d   Greer, Julia R ^b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

fracture; mechanical properties; molecular dynamics; nanocrystalline; Size effect

Indexed keywords

LOCAL PLASTICITY; MACROSCOPIC FRACTURES; MICROSTRUCTURAL FEATURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANOCRYSTALLINES; SITU SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES (SEM); SIZE EFFECTS; TENSILE FAILURES;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE TESTING;

FRACTURE;

BIOMATERIAL; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84887852495     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl403453h     Document Type: Article

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