Large indentation strain-stiffening in nanotwinned cubic boron nitride

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Li, Bing ^a   Sun, Hong ^a   Chen, Changfeng ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON DERIVATIVE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOTWINNED CUBIC BORON NITRIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BORON; INDENTATION; PLASTICITY; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR STRENGTH; TWINNING;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HARDNESS; PARTICLE SIZE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84923279179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5965     Document Type: Article

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