Unravelling the physics of size-dependent dislocation-mediated plasticity

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  El Awady, Jaafar A ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINITY; DISLOCATION; GRAIN SIZE; PLASTICITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL; DENSITY; GRAIN; HEIGHT; LENGTH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR SIZE; PLASTICITY; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; STEADY STATE; THICKNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84929207789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6926     Document Type: Article

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