A review on size‐dependent mechanical properties of nanowires

M Nasr Esfahani, BE Alaca - Advanced Engineering Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The primary challenge to exploit the nanowire as a truly one‐dimensional building block in
nanoscale devices is the clear incorporation of scale effects into the operational …

Physical properties of elongated inorganic nanoparticles

R Krahne, G Morello, A Figuerola, C George, S Deka… - Physics Reports, 2011 - Elsevier
Inorganic nanoparticles are among the most investigated nano-objects nowadays, both in
fundamental science and in various technological applications. In this paper, we describe …

Tensile strength of Iβ crystalline cellulose predicted by molecular dynamics simulation

X Wu, RJ Moon, A Martini - Cellulose, 2014 - Springer
The mechanical properties of I β crystalline cellulose are studied using molecular dynamics
simulation. A model I β crystal is deformed in the three orthogonal directions at three …

Mechanics of crystalline nanowires

HS Park, W Cai, HD Espinosa, H Huang - MRS bulletin, 2009 - cambridge.org
Nanowires are among the most exciting one-dimensional nanomaterials because of their
unique properties, which result primarily from their chemical composition and large surface …

On amorphization as a deformation mechanism under high stresses

H Idrissi, P Carrez, P Cordier - Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper we review the work related to amorphization under mechanical stress. Beyond
pressure, we highlight the role of deviatoric or shear stresses. We show that the most recent …

Supercritical CO2‐Induced Amorphization in 2D Materials: Mechanism and Applications

T Ge, W Cui, Q Xu - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Supercritical carbon dioxide (SC CO2)‐assisted chemical and material processing has
shown great success in the fabrication of 2D amorphous materials, while the amorphization …

Structure and shear deformation of metallic crystalline–amorphous interfaces

C Brandl, TC Germann, A Misra - Acta materialia, 2013 - Elsevier
The structure and shear properties of crystalline–amorphous laminar nanocomposites are
studied in an atomistic model of face-centered cubic copper with amorphous Cu46Zr54 bulk …

Crystal-to-glass transition in multicomponent alloys under high strain rates

Z Zhou, Z Guo, WL Johnson, M Li - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Crystal to glass transition under mechanical loading occurs in a wide range of natural and
artificial events, including meteorite impact, shock explosion, and mechanical alloying. To …

A new strain-rate-induced deformation mechanism of Cu nanowire: Transition from dislocation nucleation to phase transformation

H Xie, F Yin, T Yu, G Lu, Y Zhang - Acta Materialia, 2015 - Elsevier
The plastic deformation mechanism of Cu nanowires is studied using the molecular
dynamics simulation method by applying uniaxial tension along the [1 0 0] direction at a …

Molecular dynamics simulation of temperature and strain rate effects on the elastic properties of bimetallic Pd-Pt nanowires

SKRS Sankaranarayanan, VR Bhethanabotla… - Physical Review B …, 2007 - APS
Molecular dynamics simulation is used to investigate the mechanical properties of infinitely
long, cylindrical bimetallic Pd-Pt nanowires, with an approximate diameter of 1.4 nm and two …