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Effect of surface energy on size-dependent deformation twinning of defect-free Au nanowires
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Effect of surface energy on size-dependent deformation twinning of defect-free Au nanowires

Byungil Hwang, Mijeong Kang, Subin Lee, Christopher R. Weinberger, Phillip Loya, Jun Lou, Sang Ho Oh, Bongsoo Kim, Seung Min Han and Sangil Lee
Nanoscale, v 7(38), pp 15657-15664
01 Jan 2015
PMID: 26350050

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Chemistry Chemistry, Multidisciplinary Materials Science Materials Science, Multidisciplinary Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Physical Sciences Physics Physics, Applied Science & Technology Science & Technology - Other Topics Technology
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 similar to 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.

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