Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2006-09-13
Physical Review B 74 (20/11/2006) 184205
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
8 pages
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.74.184205
Roughness of i-AlPdMn cleaved surfaces are presently analysed. From the atomic scale to 2-3 nm, they are shown to exhibit scaling properties hiding the cluster (0.45 nm) aperiodic structure. These properties are quantitatively similar to those observed on various disordered materials, albeit on other ranges of length scales. These properties are interpreted as the signature of damage mechanisms occurring within a 2-3 nm wide zone at the crack tip. The size of this process zone finds its origin in the local temperature elevation at the crack tip. For the very first time, this effect is reported to be responsible for a transition from a perfectly brittle behavior to a nanoductile one.
Barbier Luc
Bonamy Daniel
Ponson Laurent
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