Strain is powerful for discovery and manipulation of new phases of matter; however, elastic
strains accessible to epitaxial films and bulk crystals are typically limited to small (< 2%) …

The deformation of nanocrystalline metals is a complex process that involves a cascade of
plastic events, including dislocation motion, grain boundary activity and cavitation. These …

Metallic nanowires usually exhibit ultrahigh strength but suffered low ductility. Previous
studies on pure metals suggested this strength-ductility trade-off results from limiting the …

The influence of pre-strain and temperature on the superior properties exhibited by an Nb
nanowire embedded in a NiTi shape memory alloy (SMA) are investigated via molecular …

In this work, we explore the effect of ultrahigh tensile strain on electrical transport properties
of silicon. By integrating vapor–liquid–solid-grown nanowires into a micromechanical …

The in situ manipulation and property investigation of individual one-dimensional (1-D)
nanomaterials (such as nanowires, nanotubes and 1-D heterostructures) as well as the …

This study investigated the interactions between martensitic NiTi shape memory alloy and
Nb nanowires in composite wire during tensile loading by means of in-situ high-energy X …

The intriguing phenomenon of metal superelasticity relies on stress-induced martensitic
transformation (SIMT), which is well-known to be governed by developing cooperative strain …

Surface effect is believed as one of the most important origins from which the novel
properties of nanomaterials derive. Although this effect has been investigated for decades …

With our recently developed deformation device, the in situ tensile tests of single crystal
molybdenum nanowires with various size and aspect ratio were conducted inside a …