On the bending strength of ZnO nanowires

Compared to bulk samples, the bending strength of ZnO nanowires exhibits nearly two orders of magnitude increase and approaches their theoretical value. Statistical analysis on the scatter strength data of ZnO nanowires by using three versatile distributions has shown that, in contrast to Young'...

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Main Author: Lu, Chungsheng
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13976
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description Compared to bulk samples, the bending strength of ZnO nanowires exhibits nearly two orders of magnitude increase and approaches their theoretical value. Statistical analysis on the scatter strength data of ZnO nanowires by using three versatile distributions has shown that, in contrast to Young's modulus, no obvious size effect was observed, and the bending strengths were insensitive to aspect ratios and flaws at the nanoscale. The reasons for this surprising tolerance behavior can be explained by the collective interaction of "flaws" in a nontraditional sense.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-139762017-09-13T16:02:00Z On the bending strength of ZnO nanowires Lu, Chungsheng Compared to bulk samples, the bending strength of ZnO nanowires exhibits nearly two orders of magnitude increase and approaches their theoretical value. Statistical analysis on the scatter strength data of ZnO nanowires by using three versatile distributions has shown that, in contrast to Young's modulus, no obvious size effect was observed, and the bending strengths were insensitive to aspect ratios and flaws at the nanoscale. The reasons for this surprising tolerance behavior can be explained by the collective interaction of "flaws" in a nontraditional sense. 2008 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13976 10.1016/j.physleta.2008.08.019 Elsevier fulltext
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On the bending strength of ZnO nanowires
title On the bending strength of ZnO nanowires
title_full On the bending strength of ZnO nanowires
title_fullStr On the bending strength of ZnO nanowires
title_full_unstemmed On the bending strength of ZnO nanowires
title_short On the bending strength of ZnO nanowires
title_sort on the bending strength of zno nanowires
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13976