Mechanical characterization of grain boundaries using nanoindentation

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 196-204

  Kalidindi, Surya R ^a   Vachhani, Shraddha J ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grain boundaries; Hardness; Indentation stress strain curves; Nanoindentation; Pop ins

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HARDNESS; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; COST EFFECTIVE DESIGN; HIERARCHICAL MATERIALS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT TECHNIQUE; MACRO SCALE; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; NEW PROTOCOL; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS;

NANOINDENTATION;

EID: 84906078691     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2014.05.002     Document Type: Review

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