Size-dependent structural phase transition of face-centered-cubic metal nanowires

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1299-1305

  Ma, F ^a   Xu, K W ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFACIAL ENERGY; LATTICE CONSTANTS; METALS; METASTABLE PHASES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STRESSES;

FACE-CENTERED-CUBIC METAL; STRUCTURAL TRANSITION;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 34250193217     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2007.0153     Document Type: Article

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