Atomic-scale dynamic process of deformation-induced stacking fault tetrahedra in gold nanocrystals

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wei Wang, Jiang ^a   Narayanan, Sankar ^b   Yu Huang, Jian ^c   Zhang, Ze ^d   Zhu, Ting ^a,b   Mao, Scott X ^a  

^a PA 15260   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Zhejiang University ^*  (United States)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; NANOCRYSTAL;

ALLOY; CRYSTAL PROPERTY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; GOLD; IRRADIATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SIMULATION; STACKING FAULT TETRAHEDRA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84883100347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3340     Document Type: Article

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