Stability and mechanical properties of silicon nanowires

Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 275-281

  Liu, Shudun ^a   Jayanthi, C S ^a   Zhang, Zhenyu ^b   Wu, S Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial orientation; Mechanical properties; Nanowire; Silicon; Surface reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SILICON; STABILITY; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION;

SILICON NANOWIRES;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 34247373798     PISSN: 15461955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jctn.2007.2316     Document Type: Article

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