Anisotropic surface effects on the formation of chiral morphologies of nanomaterials

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 468, Issue 2139, 2012, Pages 609-633

  Wang, Jian Shan ^a,b   Ye, Hai Mu ^b   Qin, Qing Hua ^c   Xu, Jun ^b   Feng, Xi Qiao ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anisotropic surface stress; Chiral morphology; Nanohelix; Nanomaterials; Size effect

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOWIRES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACES;

ANISOTROPIC SURFACES; BULK ELASTIC PROPERTIES; CAN DESIGN; CHIRAL MATERIAL; ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; HELICAL RIBBONS; KIRCHHOFF ROD MODEL; MEDICAL ENGINEERING; NANOHELIX; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; QUASI-ONE-DIMENSIONAL; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SHAPE EQUATION; SIZE EFFECTS; SYNTHESIZED MATERIALS; VARIATIONAL METHODS;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 84863287807     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2011.0451     Document Type: Conference Paper

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