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Fracture size effects

Ductile–brittle transition in micropillar compression of GaAs at room temperature

Fredrik Östlund Laboratory for Mechanics of Materials and Nanostructures, EMPA – Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Testing and Research, Feuerwerkerstr. 39, CH-3602 Thun, Switzerland
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Philip R. Howie Gordon Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, UK
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Rudy Ghisleni Laboratory for Mechanics of Materials and Nanostructures, EMPA – Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Testing and Research, Feuerwerkerstr. 39, CH-3602 Thun, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sandra Korte Gordon Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, UK
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Klaus Leifer Electron Microscopy and Nanoengineering, Department of Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, Box 534, SE-751 21 Uppsala, Sweden
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William J. Clegg Gordon Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, Pembroke St., Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, UK
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Johann Michler Laboratory for Mechanics of Materials and Nanostructures, EMPA – Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Testing and Research, Feuerwerkerstr. 39, CH-3602 Thun, Switzerland
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Pages 1190-1199 | Received 20 Jan 2010, Accepted 14 Jul 2010, Published online: 08 Sep 2010

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