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Nanowires (NWs) exhibit size-dependent mechanical properties due to the high surface/volume ratio, in which temperature also plays an important role. The surface eigenstress model is further developed here to quantitatively predict the size-dependent mechanical properties of NWs and results in analytic formulas. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are conducted to study the size-dependent mechanical of [100], [110] and [111] Ni and Si nanowires within the temperature range of 100–400 K and the MD results verify perfectly the newly developed surface eigenstress model.
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Sun, H., Chen, L., Sun, S. et al. Size- and temperature-dependent Young’s modulus and size-dependent thermal expansion coefficient of nanowires. Sci. China Technol. Sci. 61, 687–698 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-018-9227-8
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