In situ experimental mechanics of nanomaterials at the atomic scale

Existence of two twinning-mediated plastic deformation modes in Au nanowhiskers

(2012) Andreas Sedlmayr et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Strain-hardening in submicron silicon pillars and spheres

(2012) Douglas D. Stauffer et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Cross-over of the Plasticity Mechanism in Nanocrystalline Cu

(2012) Yong-Hai Yue et al.   CHINESE PHYSICS LETTERS

Mechanical Properties of Si Nanowires as Revealed by in Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy and Molecular Dynamics Simulations

(2012) Dai-Ming Tang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Quantitative Evidence of Crossover toward Partial Dislocation Mediated Plasticity in Copper Single Crystalline Nanowires

(2012) Yonghai Yue et al.   NANO LETTERS

Electron-Beam-Induced Elastic–Plastic Transition in Si Nanowires

(2012) Sheng Dai et al.   NANO LETTERS

Size effects on elasticity, yielding, and fracture of silver nanowires:In situexperiments

(2012) Yong Zhu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

In Situ TEM Electromechanical Testing of Nanowires and Nanotubes

(2012) Horacio D. Espinosa et al.   Small

Uniform tensile elongation in framed submicron metallic glass specimen in the limit of suppressed shear banding

(2011) Qingsong Deng et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Source-based strengthening of sub-micrometer Al fibers

(2011) Frédéric Mompiou et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Fracture of Sub-20nm Ultrathin Gold Nanowires

(2011) Yang Lu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Transmission electron microscopy observations of dislocation annihilation and storage in nanograins

(2011) Lihua Wang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Deformation-mediated phase transformation in gold nano-junction

(2011) Anmin Nie et al.   MATERIALS LETTERS

Quantitative In Situ Mechanical Testing in Electron Microscopes

(2011) M. Legros et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Superplastic Deformation of Defect-Free Au Nanowires via Coherent Twin Propagation

(2011) Jong-Hyun Seo et al.   NANO LETTERS

Approaching the Theoretical Elastic Strain Limit in Copper Nanowires

(2011) Yonghai Yue et al.   NANO LETTERS

Direct Atomic-Scale Imaging about the Mechanisms of Ultralarge Bent Straining in Si Nanowires

(2011) Lihua Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Source Truncation and Exhaustion: Insights from Quantitative in situ TEM Tensile Testing

(2011) D. Kiener et al.   NANO LETTERS

Individual GaN Nanowires Exhibit Strong Piezoelectricity in 3D

(2011) Majid Minary-Jolandan et al.   NANO LETTERS

In situobservation of size-scale effects on the mechanical properties of ZnO nanowires

(2011) A Asthana et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Resolving strain in carbon nanotubes at the atomic level

(2011) Jamie H. Warner et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

In situ nanocompression testing of irradiated copper

(2011) D. Kiener et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Direct Measurement of the Friction between and Shear Moduli of Shells of Carbon Nanotubes

(2011) Letian Lin et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Plasticity in small-sized metallic systems: Intrinsic versus extrinsic size effect

(2011) Julia R. Greer et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Twinning mechanism via synchronized activation of partial dislocations in face-centered-cubic materials

(2011) B.Q. Li et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Flexible Germanium Nanowires: Ideal Strength, Room Temperature Plasticity, and Bendable Semiconductor Fabric

(2010) Damon A. Smith et al.   ACS Nano

Detwinning mechanisms for growth twins in face-centered cubic metals

(2010) J. Wang et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Asymmetrical quantum dot growth on tensile and compressive-strained ZnO nanowire surfaces

(2010) L.H. Wang et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Plasticity in Confined Dimensions

(2010) Oliver Kraft et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

Pseudoelastic stacking fault and deformation twinning in nanocrystalline Ni

(2010) B. Q. Li et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

TEM observations of buckling and fracture modes for compressed thick multiwall carbon nanotubes

(2010) Jiong Zhao et al.   CARBON

The Evolving Role of Experimental Mechanics in 1-D Nanostructure-Based Device Development

(2010) R. Agrawal et al.   EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS

Dislocation nucleation governed softening and maximum strength in nano-twinned metals

(2010) Xiaoyan Li et al.   NATURE

Ductile–brittle transition in micropillar compression of GaAs at room temperature

(2010) Fredrik Östlund et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE

In SituObservation of Dislocation Behavior in Nanometer Grains

(2010) Lihua Wang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Carbon nanotube-clamped metal atomic chain

(2010) D.-M. Tang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ultra-strength materials

(2010) Ting Zhu et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Small size strength dependence on dislocation nucleation

(2010) J.D. Nowak et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Direct dynamic atomic mechanisms of strain-induced grain rotation in nanocrystalline, textured, columnar-structured thin gold films

(2010) P. Liu et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Influence of slip transmission on the migration of incoherent twin boundaries in epitaxial nanotwinned Cu

(2010) N. Li et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

Discrete plasticity in sub-10-nm-sized gold crystals

(2010) He Zheng et al.   Nature Communications

Brittle-to-Ductile Transition in Uniaxial Compression of Silicon Pillars at Room Temperature

(2009) Fredrik Östlund et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Plasticity of Micrometer-Scale Single Crystals in Compression

(2009) Michael D. Uchic et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

Atomic-scale in situ observation of lattice dislocations passing through twin boundaries

(2009) Y. B. Wang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Atomic Mechanisms Governing the Elastic Limit and the Incipient Plasticity of Bending Si Nanowires

(2009) Kun Zheng et al.   NANO LETTERS

In situ observation of dislocation nucleation and escape in a submicrometre aluminium single crystal

(2009) Sang Ho Oh et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Miniaturized single-crystalline fcc metals deformed in tension: New insights in size-dependent plasticity

(2009) Gerhard Dehm   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Revealing the Maximum Strength in Nanotwinned Copper

(2009) L. Lu et al.   SCIENCE

A universal scaling law for the strength of metal micropillars and nanowires

(2009) R. Dou et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

In situ TEM observations of fast grain-boundary motion in stressed nanocrystalline aluminum films

(2008) Marc Legros et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Ultrahigh stress and strain in hierarchically structured hollow nanoparticles

(2008) Z. W. Shan et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

New Deformation Twinning Mechanism Generates Zero Macroscopic Strain in Nanocrystalline Metals

(2008) X. L. Wu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Plastic Deformation of Single Nanometer-Sized Crystals

(2008) Litao Sun et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

A further step towards an understanding of size-dependent crystal plasticity: In situ tension experiments of miniaturized single-crystal copper samples

(2007) D. Kiener et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA