Surface dislocation nucleation mediated deformation and ultrahigh strength in sub-10-nm gold nanowires

Nano Research

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1261-1267

  Lu, Yang ^a,d   Song, Jun ^b   Huang, Jian Yu ^c   Lou, Jun ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

dislocation nucleation; in situ transmission electron microscope (TEM); mechanical characterization; Nanowires; plasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 83055180748     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-011-0177-y     Document Type: Article

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