Size-dependent correlations between strain and phonon frequency in individual ZnO nanowires

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 8891-8898

  Fu, Xue Wen ^a   Liao, Zhi Min ^a   Liu, Ren ^a   Xu, Jun ^a   Yu, Dapeng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

pure bending strain; Raman spectrum; size effect; uniaxial tensile strain; ZnO nanowires

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRAIN; DEFORMATION POTENTIAL; NONDESTRUCTIVE METHODS; PURE BENDING; SECOND ORDER MODES; SIZE EFFECTS; UNIAXIAL TENSILE STRAIN; ZNO NANOWIRES;

NANOWIRES; PHONONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; ZINC OXIDE;

TENSILE STRAIN;

EID: 84887010998     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn403378g     Document Type: Article

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