Reversible cyclic deformation mechanism of gold nanowires by twinning-detwinning transition evidenced from in situ TEM

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lee, Subin ^a   Im, Jiseong ^a   Yoo, Youngdong ^b   Bitzek, Erik ^c   Kiener, Daniel ^d   Richter, Gunther ^e   Kim, Bongsoo ^b   Oh, Sang Ho ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD NANOWIRE; NANOWIRE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CYCLIC LOADING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DUCTILITY; SHEAR STRESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; DIFFRACTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; TENSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84911374132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4033     Document Type: Article

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