Size-dependent brittle-to-ductile transition in GaAs nano-rods
GaAs is brittle at room temperature at the macro-scale; however, ductility emerges when its characteristic dimension reduces to the nano-scale. Using molecular dynamics simulations, we reveal that there is a brittle-to-ductile transition in GaAs nano-rods due to the competition between generation of...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Elsevier Ltd
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23217 |