Elasticity size effects in ZnO nanowires-A combined experimental- computational approach

Nano Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3668-3674

  Agrawal, Ravi ^a   Peng, Bei ^a   Gdoutos, Eleftherios E ^a   Espinosa, Horacio D ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; IN-SITU; IONIC INTERACTIONS; MICROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANO DEVICES; NANO-SCALE MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTING MATERIALS; SIZE DEPENDENCES; SIZE EFFECTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; WIRE DIAMETERS; YOUNG'S MODULUS; ZNO; ZNO NANOWIRES;

DYNAMICS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC WIRE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SIZE DETERMINATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

NANOWIRES;

NANOWIRE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOWIRES; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 58149290194     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl801724b     Document Type: Article

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