Flexible germanium nanowires: Ideal strength, room temperature plasticity, and bendable semiconductor fabric

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2356-2362

  Smith, Damon A ^a   Holmberg, Vincent C ^a   Korgel, Brian A ^a  

^a University of Texas at Austin ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Germanium; Mechanical properties; Nanomanipulation; Nanomechanics; Nanowires

Indexed keywords

FLEXURAL STRAIN; GERMANIUM NANOWIRES; GROWTH DIRECTIONS; IDEAL STRENGTH; MECHANICAL STRENGTH; NANO MANIPULATOR; NANOMANIPULATION; NANOMANIPULATIONS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ROOM-TEMPERATURE PLASTICITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES;

BENDING STRENGTH; FABRICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROMANIPULATORS; NANOMECHANICS; NANOWIRES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STRAIN;

GERMANIUM;

EID: 77951719937     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn1003088     Document Type: Article

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