Internal stress-induced orthorhombic phase in 5-fold-twinned noble metal nanowires

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 32, 2014, Pages 18746-18755

  Zhou, Ya ^a   Fichthorn, Kristen A ^a,b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANISOTROPIC DISTORTION; ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; BODY-CENTERED ORTHORHOMBIC PHASE; ELASTIC STRAIN ENERGY; FACE-CENTERED CUBIC METALS; METAL NANOCRYSTALS; ORTHORHOMBIC PHASE; PARTIAL DISLOCATIONS;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84906261445     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp505334x     Document Type: Article

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