Tavazza, F.
, Levine, L.
and Chaka, A.
(2009),
Elongation and breaking mechanisms of gold nanowires under a wide range of tensile conditions, Journal of Applied Physics, [online], https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3200957, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=901152
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Elongation and breaking mechanisms of gold nanowires under a wide range of tensile conditions
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Semistatic density functional theory is used to explore the evolution of [110] and [111] gold nanowires during tensile deformation under a wide range of conditions, including different tensile axes (along high- and low-symmetry directions), nanowire shapes and effective strain rates. Large structural changes are observed during the elongation. The analysis of such low-energy intermediate configurations provide quantitative information about the underlying energy landscape that cannot be obtained through experiments or more approximate modeling methods and four stable intermediate atomic structures are identified. A rich diversity of deformation pathways is uncovered, that converge to only two final local configurations with reproducible breaking strengths, in agreement with experimental results.Citation
Journal of Applied Physics
Volume
106
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Journals
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Keywords
Gold nanowires, DFT, density functional theory
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Created August 27, 2009, Updated February 22, 2023