Deformation and stability of copper nanowires under bending

International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 205-215

  Zheng, Yonggang ^a   Zhang, Hongwu ^a   Chen, Zhen ^b   Jiang, Shan ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Fivefold deformation twin; Instability; Molecular dynamics simulation; Nanowire; Plastic deformation

Indexed keywords

BENDING DEFORMATIONS; COPPER NANOWIRES; DEFORMATION MODES; DEFORMATION TWIN; EMBEDDED-ATOM METHOD; FIVEFOLD DEFORMATION TWIN; HESSIAN MATRICES; INSTABILITY; INSTABILITY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PARTIAL DISLOCATIONS; QUASI-ONE-DIMENSIONAL; RESISTANCE INCREASE; SIMULATION RESULT; STRUCTURE IDENTIFICATION; VORONOI CONSTRUCTION;

COPPER; ELECTRIC WIRE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NANOWIRES; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTICS; STABILITY; STACKING FAULTS;

BENDING (DEFORMATION);

EID: 68349086692     PISSN: 15431649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/IntJMultCompEng.v7.i3.40     Document Type: Article

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