TY - JOUR AU - Navarro, V. AU - Rodríguez De La Fuente, Óscar AU - Mascaraque Susunaga, Arantzazu AU - Rojo Alaminos, Juan Manuel PY - 2008 DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.224107 SN - 1098-0121 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51304 T2 - Physical Review B AB - Titanium dioxide rutile crystals have been nanoindented and studied by a combination of atomic force microscopy imaging and analysis of force vs penetration curves. In all the experiments, gold crystals have been used as a reference. A concept of... LA - eng PB - American Physical Society KW - Mechanical-properties KW - Single-crystals KW - Indentation KW - Ceramics KW - Surfaces KW - Rutile KW - Load TI - Reduced hardness at the onset of plasticity in nanoindented titanium dioxide TY - journal article VL - 78 ER -