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An interpretation of size-scale plasticity in geometrically confined systems

H. D. Espinosa, S. Berbenni, M. Panico, and K. W. Schwarz
  1. *Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-3111; and §IBM Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598

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  1. Communicated by Zdenek P. Bazant, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, October 3, 2005 (received for review April 19, 2005)

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vol. 102 no. 47 16933-16938
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0508572102
PubMed: 
16286642

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National Academy of Sciences
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
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  • Published in issue November 22, 2005.
  • Published first November 14, 2005.

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  1. H. D. Espinosa * , †,
  2. S. Berbenni * , ‡,
  3. M. Panico *, and
  4. K. W. Schwarz §
  1. *Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-3111; and §IBM Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
  1. Communicated by Zdenek P. Bazant, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, October 3, 2005 (received for review April 19, 2005)

Footnotes

  • ↵ † To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: espinosa{at}northwestern.edu.

  • ↵ ‡ Present address: Laboratory of Physics and Mechanics of Materials, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers, Technopole, 57078 Metz Cedex, France.

  • Author contributions: H.D.E. designed research; S.B., M.P., and K.W.S. performed research; H.D.E., S.B., and M.P. analyzed data; and H.D.E., S.B., and M.P. wrote the paper.

  • Conflict of interest statement: No conflicts declared.

  • Abbreviations: MDE, membrane deflection experiment; f.c.c., face-centered cubic; DDD, discrete dislocation dynamics; TEM, transmission electron microscopy; SEM, scanning electron microscopy.

  • Copyright © 2005, The National Academy of Sciences

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