A shear localization mechanism for lubricity of amorphous carbon materials

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ma, Tian Bao ^a   Wang, Lin Feng ^a   Hu, Yuan Zhong ^a   Li, Xin ^b   Wang, Hui ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84892572752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03662     Document Type: Article

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