Applications of nanowires into future generation nanodevices require a complete
understanding of the mechanical properties of the nanowires. A great research effort has …

Recently, with the fast advancement of nanoscience and nanotechnology, metallic
nanowires (MNW) have received additional attention among researchers. Metallic …

Nowadays, orthotropic piezomaterials have enormous potential in producing electronic
devices owing to their inherent merits, eg, intrinsically robust piezoelectricity. Nevertheless …

A plethora of nanostructures with outstanding properties have emerged over the past
decades. Measuring their mechanical properties and understanding their deformation …

A wide variety of crystalline nanowires (NWs) with outstanding mechanical properties have
recently emerged. Measuring their mechanical properties and understanding their …

In this critical review, we call attention to a widespread problem related to the vast
disagreement in elastic moduli values reported by different authors for nanostructures made …

The advance of micro/nanotechnology in energy-harvesting, micropower, electronic devices,
and transducers for automobile and aerospace applications has led to the need for accurate …

The elastic properties of gallium nitride (GaN) nanowires with different structures were
investigated by in situ electron microscopy in this work. The electric-field-induced resonance …

Penta-twinned metallic NWs have recently received much attention due to their excellent
mechanical properties. However, their elasticity size effect remains not well understood due …

The influence of the experimental boundary conditions used for tensile testing of individual
nanowires on the measured apparent mechanical response is reported. Using a …