Hi all,
One of our recent works on nanoscale directional motion induced by stiffness gradient.
I hope you will find it interesting.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.015504
This work has been presented in 2014 MRS Spring Meeting by Prof. Huajian Gao (the PPT file he used is attached): https://mrsspring14.zerista.com/event/member/109225
Best,
Tienchong
NTNU Nanomechanical Lab at The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, offers a full-time 3-year post-doctoral position in nanomechanics. Post-doctoral salary 482500 NOK / year.
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The in situ nanomechanics is an emerging field that investigates the mechanical properties and deformation mechanisms of nanoscale and nanostructured materials, by integrating the real-time mechanical testing inside electron microscope and the mechanics modeling with atomic resolution. It provides a powerful approach to "visualize" the intrinsic nanomechanical behavior of materials - seeing is believing.
Nonlinear and quasi-linear behavior of a curved carbon nanotube vibrating in an electric force field; an analytical approach
By: Payam SOLTANI, A. Kassaei, M. M. Taherian
In armchair graphene sheets, crack propagates perpendicular to the applied strain, whereas crack propagation in zigzag sheets occurs at an angle to the straining direction. This occurs due to different bond structure along armchair and zigzag directions as shown in Fig. 1. Videos 1 and 2 show the fracture of armchair and zigzag sheets, respectively.
Fig. 1: Armchair and zigzag directions of graohene
