Size-Dependent Brittle-to-Ductile Transition in Silica Glass Nanofibers

Nano Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 105-113

  Luo, Junhang ^a   Wang, Jiangwei ^a   Bitzek, Erik ^b,c   Huang, Jian Yu ^e   Zheng, He ^a   Tong, Limin ^d   Yang, Qing ^d   Li, Ju ^b   Mao, Scott X ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brittle to ductile transition; glass surface; in situ transmission electron microscopy; plasticity; silica glass

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; DUCTILE FRACTURE; DUCTILITY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; FUSED SILICA; GLASS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN SITU PROCESSING; NANOFIBERS; PLASTICITY; SILICA; STRAIN RATE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMORPHOUS STRUCTURES; BRITTLE TO DUCTILE TRANSITION; GLASS NANOFIBERS; GLASS SURFACES; HUMAN CIVILIZATION; IN-SITU TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; LOW STRAIN RATES; PLASTIC ELONGATION;

GLASS TRANSITION;

GLASS; NANOFIBER; SILICON DIOXIDE;

CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

GLASS; HUMANS; NANOFIBERS; PHASE TRANSITION; SILICON DIOXIDE; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84957580778     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03070     Document Type: Article

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