Atomic-scale observation of parallel development of super elasticity and reversible plasticity in GaAs nanowires

Peite Bao, Yanbo Wang, Xiangyuan Cui, Qiang Gao, Hung Wei Yen, Hongwei Liu, Wai Kong Yeoh, Xiaozhou Liao, Sichao Du, H. Hoe Tan, Chennupati Jagadish, Jin Zou, Simon P. Ringer, Rongkun Zheng

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    Abstract

    We report the atomic-scale observation of parallel development of super elasticity and reversible dislocation-based plasticity from an early stage of bending deformation until fracture in GaAs nanowires. While this phenomenon is in sharp contrast to the textbook knowledge, it is expected to occur widely in nanostructures. This work indicates that the super recoverable deformation in nanomaterials is not simple elastic or reversible plastic deformation in nature, but the coupling of both.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number021904
    JournalApplied Physics Letters
    Volume104
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 13 Jan 2014

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