The ultimate strength of glass silica nanowires

In the past decade nanowires have attracted an increase interest because of their extraordinary mechanical strength. In fact, material properties in the nanoregime are extremely different from those found in macroscopic samples: few crystalline materials have shown a tensile strength in excess of 10...

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Main Authors: Brambilla, Gilberto (Author), Payne, David N. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2009-02-11.
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