Anisotropic surface strain in single crystalline cobalt nanowires and its impact on the diameter-dependent Young's modulus
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ArticleKAUST Department
KAUST Solar Center (KSC)Laboratory of Nano Oxides for Sustainable Energy
Material Science and Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
Date
2013Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/562545
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Understanding and measuring the size-dependent surface strain of nanowires are essential to their applications in various emerging devices. Here, we report on the diameter-dependent surface strain and Young's modulus of single-crystalline Co nanowires investigated by in situ X-ray diffraction measurements. Diameter-dependent initial longitudinal elongation of the nanowires is observed and ascribed to the anisotropic surface stress due to the Poisson effect, which serves as the basis for mechanical measurements. As the nanowire diameter decreases, a transition from the "smaller is softer" regime to the "smaller is tougher" regime is observed in the Young's modulus of the nanowires, which is attributed to the competition between the elongation softening and the surface stiffening effects. Our work demonstrates a new nondestructive method capable of measuring the initial surface strain and estimating the Young's modulus of single crystalline nanowires, and provides new insights on the size effect. © 2013 The Royal Society of Chemistry.Citation
Huang, X., Li, G., Kong, L. B., Huang, Y. Z., & Wu, T. (2013). Anisotropic surface strain in single crystalline cobalt nanowires and its impact on the diameter-dependent Young’s modulus. Nanoscale, 5(23), 11643. doi:10.1039/c3nr81284gSponsors
The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 11174285), the Innovation Centre of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (Grant no. ING12050-ENG(IGN)) and Singapore Ministry of Education (Grant no. RG44/12).Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)Journal
Nanoscaleae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1039/c3nr81284g