Size effects in mechanical deformation and fracture of cantilevered silicon nanowires

Nano Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 525-529

  Gordon, Michael J ^a   Baron, Thierry ^d   Dhalluin, Florian ^d   Gentile, Pascal ^b   Ferret, Pierre ^c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c CEA LETI   (France)

^d Joseph Fourier University   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE; NANOWIRES; SILICON; WIRE;

AS-GROWN; ATOMIC FORCE; BRITTLE FAILURES; DEFORMATION AND FRACTURE; LINEAR ELASTIC BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL DEFORMATION; MULTI-POINTS; SIZES EFFECT; SPRING CONSTANTS; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 65249110987     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl802556d     Document Type: Article

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