Repetitive ultra-low stress induced nanocrystallization in amorphous Cu-Zr-Al alloy evidenced by in situ nanoindentation

Materials Research Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 209-216

  Liu, Y ^a   Jian, J ^b   Lee, J H ^b   Wang, C ^c   Cao, Q P ^c   Gutierrez, C ^a   Wang, H ^a,b   Jiang, J Z ^c   Zhang, X ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amorphous alloy; Hardening; In situ nanoindentation; Nanocrystallization; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84967000109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21663831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2014.911778     Document Type: Article

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