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Review: Quantitative in-situ nanomechanical characterization of metallic nanowires

Submitted by Yang Lu on Sat, 2011-10-29 00:51.
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Surface dislocation nucleation mediated deformation and ultrahigh strength in sub-10-nm gold nanowires

Submitted by Yang Lu on Thu, 2011-10-27 21:33.
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Fracture of Sub-20nm Ultrathin Gold Nanowires

Submitted by Yang Lu on Sun, 2011-08-28 03:21.
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Adv. Funct. Mater.  DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201101224


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Micro-mechanical device for quantitative in situ TEM nanowire testing

Submitted by Yang Lu on Wed, 2011-08-17 03:50.
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