Energetic instability of polygonal micro- and nanowires

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Wong, Harris ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY ASPECT RATIO; BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE; CIRCULAR WIRES; CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE; CRYSTAL SEPARATION; ENERGETIC STABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; INSTABILITY CRITERION; LENGTH RATIO; MORPHOLOGICAL STABILITY; PORE CHANNELS; RAYLEIGH; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; WIRE SURFACES; WORK STUDY;

ASPECT RATIO; NANOWIRES; SAPPHIRE; STABILITY;

WIRE;

EID: 84862132697     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4717709     Document Type: Conference Paper

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