Atomic structure of quantum gold nanowires: Quantification of the lattice strain

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 599-606

  Kundu, Paromita ^a   Turner, Stuart ^a   Van Aert, Sandra ^a   Ravishankar, N ^b   Van Tendeloo, Gustaaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

3D atomic structure; aberration corrected microscopy; Au nanowires; surface strain; ultrafine

Indexed keywords

ABERRATION-CORRECTED MICROSCOPIES; AU NANOWIRES; ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION; ELECTRONIC BEHAVIORS; NONCIRCULAR CROSS SECTION; STRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION; SURFACE STRAINS; ULTRAFINE;

ATOMS; CARBON FILMS; GOLD; NANOWIRES; SURFACES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WIRE;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 84893516012     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn4052315     Document Type: Article

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