Lattice contractions of a nanoparticle due to the surface tension: A model of elasticity

Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 530-535

  Huang, Zaixing ^a   Thomson, Peter ^b   Di, Shenglin ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE TENSION;

LATTICE CONTRACTION; METALLIC NANOPARTICLE;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 34147173415     PISSN: 00223697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2007.01.016     Document Type: Article

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