Semiconductor nanowires (NWs) have been studied extensively for over two decades for
their novel electronic, photonic, thermal, electrochemical and mechanical properties. This …

This article reviews, for the first time, the mechanical behaviour of functionally graded
structures at small-scale levels. Functionally graded nanoscale and microscale structures …

Electrospinning is one of the most important methods used for the production of
nanostructured materials. Electrospun nanofibers are used in a wide spectrum of …

Understanding the mechanical behaviour of nanostructures is of great importance due to
their applications in nanodevices such as in nanomechanical resonators, nanoscale mass …

Recent advances in nanotechnology have led to the development of nano-electro-
mechanical systems (NEMS) such as nanomechanical resonators, which have recently …

This review article summarizes the advances in the surface stress effect in mechanics of
nanostructured elements, including nanoparticles, nanowires, nanobeams, and nanofilms …

In this work, the influence of surface effects, including residual surface stress, surface
elasticity and surface piezoelectricity, on the vibrational and buckling behaviors of …

In this paper, surface effects on the axial buckling and the transverse vibration of nanowires
are examined by using the refined Timoshenko beam theory. The critical compression force …

As the parallel to the advancement of technology in nano-sizes, the importance of
nanotubes is rising every day. The mostly worked and used nanotubes are Carbon …

The effects of surface and flexoelectricity have been found in the presence of strong size
dependence and should be technically taken into account for nano-scaled dielectric …