Mechanical properties of Zno Nanowires under different loading modes

Nano Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 271-280

  Xu, Feng ^a   Qin, Qingqun ^a   Mishra, Ashish ^b   Gu, Yi ^b   Zhu, Yong ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture; Mechanical property; Size effect; Young s modulus; ZnO nanowire

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949843126     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-010-1030-4     Document Type: Article

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