... Slip-band formation and fatigue crack-initiation processes in α-brass were observed by means of atomic force microscopy (AFM), and the effects of the grain size and the stress amplitude were discussed. In a fine grain material, fatigue cracks were initiated only from slip-bands. In a coarse...

..., the formation of sulfate surface species could be monitored quantitatively with monolayer sensitivity and a significant increase in reaction kinetics could be discerned. iron IRAS QCM O 3 SO 2 corrosion in-situ AFM SEM Jonas Weissenrieder 1and Christofer Leygraf2 ln-situ Studies...

... features at the highest tensile point on the surface. A smoothing trend is also observed after a critical stress level is reached. surface topology fatigue Si MEMS AFM morphology S. M. Allameh, r B. Gally, 2 S. Brown, 3 and W. O. Soboyejo 4 Surface Topology and Fatigue in Si MEMS Structures...