Thermo-mechanical behavior of low-dimensional systems: The local bond average approach

CQ Sun - Progress in Materials Science, 2009‏ - Elsevier
With the miniaturization of a solid, effects of surface strain and quantum trap** become
increasingly important in determining its properties. As a result, low-dimensional materials …

A review on size‐dependent mechanical properties of nanowires

M Nasr Esfahani, BE Alaca - Advanced Engineering Materials, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
The primary challenge to exploit the nanowire as a truly one‐dimensional building block in
nanoscale devices is the clear incorporation of scale effects into the operational …

Size effect on the thermodynamic properties of silver nanoparticles

W Luo, W Hu, S **ao - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2008‏ - ACS Publications
The Gibbs free energy of silver nanoparticles has been obtained from the calculations of
bulk free energy and surface free energy for both the solid and liquid phase. On the basis of …

Tensile strength of Iβ crystalline cellulose predicted by molecular dynamics simulation

X Wu, RJ Moon, A Martini - Cellulose, 2014‏ - Springer
The mechanical properties of I β crystalline cellulose are studied using molecular dynamics
simulation. A model I β crystal is deformed in the three orthogonal directions at three …

Folded graphene reinforced nanocomposites with superior strength and toughness: A molecular dynamics study

S Zhao, Y Zhang, J Yang, S Kitipornchai - Journal of Materials Science & …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Toughness and strength are important material parameters in practical structural
applications. However, it remains a great challenge to achieve high toughness and high …

Metallic nanowires: mechanical properties–theory and experiment

AGN Sofiah, M Samykano, K Kadirgama… - Applied Materials …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Recently, with the fast advancement of nanoscience and nanotechnology, metallic
nanowires (MNW) have received additional attention among researchers. Metallic …

The negative Poisson's ratio and strengthening mechanism of nanolayered graphene/Cu composites

C Zhang, C Lu, L Pei, J Li, R Wang, K Tieu - Carbon, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Ten different simulation models are used to investigate the effects of content and chirality of
graphene on the mechanical properties of nanolayered graphene/Cu composites. The …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of temperature, pressure, crystal defect types, and densities on the mechanical behavior of tungsten under tensile deformation: A molecular dynamics …

A Alivaliollahi, G Alahyarizadeh, A Minuchehr - Nuclear Materials and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The mechanical behavior of tungsten under tensile deformation was investigated using
molecular dynamics simulations, with a focus on the effects of temperature, pressure, crystal …

Molecular modeling of Ti-6Al-4V alloy shot peening: the effects of diameter and velocity of shot particles and force field on mechanical properties and residual stress

A Moradi, A Heidari, K Amini… - … and Simulation in …, 2021‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Shot peening is a surface treatment process that is used for the improvement of the
mechanical properties of metallic alloys. The effects of sphere particle diameter and impact …

Size, temperature, and bond nature dependence of elasticity and its derivatives on extensibility, Debye temperature, and heat capacity of nanostructures

MX Gu, CQ Sun, Z Chen, TC Au Yeung, S Li… - Physical Review B …, 2007‏ - APS
With the miniaturization of a solid down to nanometer scale, the elasticity, extensibility,
Debye temperature, and specific heat capacity of the solid are no longer constant but …