Mechanical and electronic properties of diamond nanowires under tensile strain from first principles

Nanotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 40, 2011, Pages

  Jiang, Xue ^a   Zhao, Jijun ^a   Jiang, Xin ^a,b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC EFFECTS; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; DIAMOND NANOWIRES; EFFECTIVE MASS; ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SENSORS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES SIMULATIONS; HEAT OF FORMATION; HYDROGENATED DIAMOND; IDEAL STRENGTH; MECHANICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PREFERENTIAL GROWTH ORIENTATION; THEORETICAL RESULT; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

DIAMONDS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; NANOWIRES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

TENSILE STRAIN;

EID: 80052936926     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/40/405705     Document Type: Article

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