The critical role of grain orientation and applied stress in nanoscale twinning

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  McCabe, Rodney J ^a   Beyerlein, Irene J ^b   Carpenter, John S ^a   Mara, Nathan A ^a,c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; NANOMATERIAL;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GRAIN SIZE; METAL; NANOPARTICLE; ORIENTATION; STRESS FIELD; TWINNING;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GRAIN ORIENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; NANOSCALE TWINNING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 84940891749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4806     Document Type: Article

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