Nanotwin-assisted grain growth in nanocrystalline gold films under cyclic loading

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Luo, Xue Mei ^a   Zhu, Xiao Fei ^a   Zhang, Guang Ping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOCRYSTAL; NANOCRYSTALLINE GOLD FILM; NANOFILM; NANOMATERIAL; NANOTWIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CRYSTALLINITY; FILM; GOLD; GROWTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MOBILITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYCLIC LOADING; GRAIN GROWTH; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84891791731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4021     Document Type: Article

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