A computational and experimental investigation of the mechanical properties of single ZnTe nanowires

Nanoscale

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 897-903

  Davami, Keivan ^a   Mortazavi, Bohayra ^b,c   Ghassemi, Hessam M ^d   Yassar, Reza S ^d   Lee, Jeong Soo ^a   Rémond, Yves ^c   Meyyappan, M ^a,e  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^e NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPES; CDTE; COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; COVALENT INTERACTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FORCE-DISPLACEMENT CURVES; HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; IN-SITU; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURE; OTHER APPLICATIONS; SIZE DEPENDENCE; SIZE DEPENDENCY; SIZE EFFECTS; SURFACE ATOMS; THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES; WIDE DIAMETER; YOUNG'S MODULUS; ZNO NWS; ZNTE NANOWIRE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOWIRES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84863012235     PISSN: 20403364     EISSN: 20403372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2nr11593j     Document Type: Article

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