This paper reviews our recent studies on the effect of twin boundary (TB) on the deformation
behavior in Cu with nanoscale growth twins. In situ straining transmission electron …

Previous atomistic simulations and experiments have shown an increased Young's modulus
and yield strength of fivefold twinned (FT) face-centered cubic metal nanowires (NWs) when …

We perform large-scale molecular dynamics simulations to delve into tensile and
compressive loading of nanotubes containing {112} nanoscale twins in body-centered cubic …

Crystalline nanowires particularly metallic nanowires with twin boundaries have higher
strength than those without. Achieving the higher strength requires controllable introduction …

Future microelectronic and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) will require a
decreased size as well as high electrical conductivity combined with high mechanical …

Fracture of metals at the nanoscale and corresponding failure mechanisms have recently
attracted considerable interest. However, quantitative in situ fracture experiments of …

Abstract Epitaxial-Bain-Path and Uniaxial-Bain-Path studies reveal that a B2-CuZr nanowire
with Zr atoms on the surface is energetically more stable compared to a B2-CuZr nanowire …

Molecular dynamics simulations are used to investigate the mechanical behavior of Cu
nanowires (NWs) with planar defects such as grain boundaries (GBs), twin boundaries …

Single crystalline tungsten nanowires were prepared from directionally solidified NiAl‐W
alloys by a chemical release from the resulting binary phase material. Electron back scatter …