Improving the stretchability of as-deposited Ag coatings on...
researchductile fracturecoatingsVlassak groupannealingevaporationfailure (mechanical)metallic thin filmssilver In this paper, we report that silver films evaporated on poly-ethylene-terephthalate (PET)...
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researchductilityadhesionfracturethin filmsFatigueVlassak group The fatigue behavior of Ag films on polyethyleneterephthalate substrates was studied using electrical resistance measurements. Scanning...
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researchthin filmsFatigueductile fractureVlassak groupFatigue crack initiationIntergranular failure The fatigue behavior of silver films on polyethylene-terephthalate substrates is studied for various...
View ArticleAn apparatus for performing microtensile tests at elevated temperatures...
researchthin filmGrain Boundary SlidingcreepVlassak groupIn situ tension testHigh-temperature deformation In this paper, we introduce an apparatus to perform microtensile tests at elevated temperatures...
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High-temperature tensile behavior of freestanding Au thin films
researchthin filmsGrain Boundary SlidingcreepVlassak groupIn situ tension testHigh-temperature deformation In this paper, the mechanical behavior of freestanding thin sputter-deposited films of Au is...
View ArticleCall for Abstracts: SES2016 Symposium D-6: Advanced Instrumentation and...
conferenceSES2016UMDDear Colleagues,The 53rd Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science (SES2016) will be hosted by the University of Maryland (UMD) during 2-5 October 2016 at the...
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Ph.D. and Post-doc opportunities in ‘Small-scale mechanics and advanced...
jobDr. Kevin Xie's group at Texas A&M is planning to recruit two Ph.D. students and a postdoctoral research fellow starting 2018. The overarching aim of the research projects is to understand...
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