In situ atomic-scale observation of continuous and reversible lattice deformation beyond the elastic limit

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wang, Lihua ^a   Liu, Pan ^a,b   Guan, Pengfei ^b,c   Yang, Mingjie ^d   Sun, Jialin ^d   Cheng, Yongqiang ^c   Hirata, Akihiko ^b   Zhang, Ze ^a,e   Evan, Ma ^c   Chen, Mingwei ^b   Han, Xiaodong ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Whiting School of Engineering   (United States)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOWIRE; NICKEL;

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ELASTIC PROPERTY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NICKEL; SHEAR STRAIN; STRAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON BEAM; PHASE TRANSITION; SHEAR STRESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84892141055     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3413     Document Type: Article

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