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Mechanical Properties of Nanorods and Melting Studies

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Mechanical properties of various elongated one dimensional micro- and nano-crystals have been discussed giving emphasis on their plausible applications. We focused our attention on stress, strain, Young’s modulus, dislocation, crystals defects, deformation, ductility, slip, growth direction, and properties of elongated particles (nanorod, nanowire, nanotube, whiskers and pillars). We also discussed plastic behavior, bulking and melting phenomenon of various one dimensional micro- and nano-particles. We have included metallic, oxide, magnetic and semiconductor elongated particles from various literatures in this chapter. Finally it is observed that in majority of the reports an enhancement of versatile mechanical properties have been remarked for the one dimenstion particles as compared to the bulk or zero dimensional counterparts.

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  1. Nanostructures, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morgeo 30, Genova, 16163, Italy

    Roman Krahne

  2. Nanochemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morgeo 30, Genova, 16163, Italy

    Liberato Manna & Chandramohan George

  3. National Nanotechnology Laboratory (NNL), Nanoscience Institute of CNR, Via Arnesano, Lecce, 73100, Italy

    Giovanni Morello

  4. Departament de Química Inorgànica—Institut de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (IN2UB), Universitat de Barcelona, c/Martí i Franquès 1-11, Barcelona, 08028, Spain

    Albert Figuerola

  5. Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110007, India

    Sasanka Deka

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Krahne, R., Manna, L., Morello, G., Figuerola, A., George, C., Deka, S. (2013). Mechanical Properties of Nanorods and Melting Studies. In: Physical Properties of Nanorods. NanoScience and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36430-3_7

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