Detwinning-induced reduction in ductility of twinned copper nanowires

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 684-688

  Zhang, JunJie ^a,b   Xu, FangDa ^a   Yan, YongDa ^a   Sun, Tao ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cu nanowires; detwinning; molecular dynamics; twin boundary; uniaxial tension

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874291261     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5575-3     Document Type: Article

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