Effect of surface energy on size-dependent deformation twinning of defect-free Au nanowiresElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c5nr03902a
In this study, we report the size-dependent transition of deformation twinning studied using in situ SEM/TEM tensile testing of defect-free [110] Au nanowires/ribbons with controlled geometry. The critical dimension below which the ordinary plasticity transits to deformation twinning is experimental...
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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24.09.2015
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Summary: | In this study, we report the size-dependent transition of deformation twinning studied using
in situ
SEM/TEM tensile testing of defect-free [110] Au nanowires/ribbons with controlled geometry. The critical dimension below which the ordinary plasticity transits to deformation twinning is experimentally determined to be ∼170 nm for Au nanowires with equilateral cross-sections. Nanoribbons with a fixed thickness but increased width-to-thickness ratios (9 : 1) were also studied to show that an increase in the surface energy due to the crystal re-orientation suppresses the deformation twinning. Molecular dynamics simulations confirmed that the transition from partial dislocation mediated plasticity to perfect dislocation plasticity with increase in the width-to-thickness ratio is due to the effect of the surface energy.
In this study, we report the size-dependent transition of deformation twinning studied using
in situ
SEM/TEM tensile testing of defect-free [110] Au nanowires/ribbons with controlled geometry. |
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Bibliography: | 10.1039/c5nr03902a Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI |
ISSN: | 2040-3364 2040-3372 |
DOI: | 10.1039/c5nr03902a |