I would like to share our recent research work on FCC metallic nanowires, which is published in Journal of Physics : Condensed Matters (IOP) . The abstract of the paper is given below. Further details can be found at

Following our previous work on Cu-Zr nanowire system, in this paper we have shown improvement in various thermo-mechanical properties of nanowire via manipulating the surface atoms. The paper titled "Designing copper–zirconium based nanowires for improving yield strength and plasticity via configuring surface atoms" by Vijay Kumar Sutrakarand D Roy Mahapatra has been published in Journal of Nanoparticle Research. The paper can be downloaded from
http://www.springerlink.com/content/j2786222101mn711/
The Abstract of the paper is given below:

Adv. Funct. Mater.  DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201101224

Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 183107 (2011), doi:10.1063/1.3585655

Nanomechanical Resonators and Their Applications in Biological/Chemical Detection: Nanomechanics Principles

Kilho Eom, Harold S. Park, Dae Sung Yoon, Taeyun Kwon 

Abstract

Buckling of thin layers or aligned arrays of stiff materials on elastomeric substrates has many important applications, such as stretchable electronics, precision metrology and flexible optoelectronics.  These systems show one common phenomenon, the stiff thin layers buckle normal to the substrate surface (out-of-surface buckling).  By contrast, we recently reported for the first time that silicon nanowires (SiNWs) on elastomeric substrates buckle only within the substrate surface, i.e. in-surface buckling.  Experimental process to obtain buckled SiNWs is described.

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I want to share our recent research work on NiAl nanowire, which is published in Nanotechnology, IOP publishing. The abstract of the paper is given below. Further details can be found at "Vijay Kumar Sutrakar et al 2009 Nanotechnology 20 295705 (9pp)   doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/29/295705"

Nano Letters 9, 2295 (2009), 10.1021/nl9004805, http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2009/May/26050903.asp, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/science/07obsalt.html, http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/45132/title/Salt_stretches_in..., http://www.sandia.gov/LabNews/090605.html, http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17374-salt-crystals-reveal-surpris..., http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGcFCD8E7o8

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I want to share some of our recent research work on the stress induced phase transformation of CuZr nanowire which is published in Materials Letters.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2009.02.064

Abstract of paper recently accepted for publication in Journal of Applied Physics:

Ting Zhu, Ju Li, Amit Samanta, Austin Leach and Ken Gall, “Temperature and strain-rate dependence of surface dislocation nucleation”, Physical Review Letters, 100, 025502 (2008).