Screw dislocations in 〈100〉 silicon nanowires: An objective molecular dynamics study

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 2544-2548

  Nikiforov, I ^a   Zhang, D B ^a   Dumitrica T ^a,b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE ENERGY; ELASTICITY MODEL; ELECTRONIC BEHAVIORS; ESHELBY; NEW EFFICIENT METHOD; SILICON NANOWIRES; TIGHT BINDING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYLINDER CONFIGURATIONS; DYNAMICS; ELASTICITY; ELECTRONIC STATES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MECHANICAL STABILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOWIRES; SCREWS; WIRE;

SCREW DISLOCATIONS;

EID: 80054894782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz201102h     Document Type: Article

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