Structure-dependent mechanical properties of ultrathin zinc oxide nanowires

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-8

  Lee, Wen Jay ^a   Chang, Jee Gong ^a   Ju, Shin Pon ^b   Weng, Meng Hsiung ^b   Lee, Chia Hung ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PHASE TRANSFORMATION; STRESS-STRAIN BEHAVIORS; TENSILE PROCESS; ULTRA-THIN; ULTRATHIN NANOWIRES; WURTZITES; YIELDING STRENGTH; YOUNG'S MODULUS; ZINC OXIDE NANOWIRES; ZNO; ZNO NANOWIRES;

ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84862908991     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-352     Document Type: Article

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