Friedel Oscillations are Limiting the Strength of Superhard Nanocomposites and Heterostructures

To obtain a deeper understanding of the mechanism of plastic deformation and failure in superhard nanocomposites and heterostructures we studied, by means of the ab initio density functional theory, the stress-strain response and the change of the electronic structure during tensile and shear deform...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Veprek, S., Argon, Ali Suphi, Zhang, R. F.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Physical Society 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/51005