Brittle to ductile transition in densified silica glass

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yuan, Fenglin ^a   Huang, Liping ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 84901357919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05035     Document Type: Article

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