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 …

Nanoscale features present in structural and functional materials affect their macroscopic
properties and hence have been extensively studied. As experimental investigations of …

Nanoporous metals prepared by the corrosion of an alloy can take the form of monolithic,
millimeter-sized bodies containing approximately 1015 nanoscale ligaments per cubic …

This paper investigates the mechanical behavior of carbon nanotube (CNT)-reinforced
aluminum composites (CNT–Al composites) under a tensile loading condition using …

We present the analysis of uniaxial deformation of nickel nanowires using molecular
dynamics simulations, and address the strain rate effects on mechanical responses and …

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

Classical continuum theories are incapable of accurately describing the behavior of
nanostructures due to their size dependence. Size-dependent effects such as surface and …

Tensile deformation behaviour of body centred cubic (BCC) iron nanowires with initial
orientation of< 1 0 0>/{1 0 0} has been investigated using molecular dynamics (MD) …

The introduction of pyrolytic carbon (PyC) interphase in SiC f/SiC composites significantly
improves their toughness, primarily by deflecting matrix cracks, while the underlying …

The recent interest to nanotechnology aims not only at device miniaturisation, but also at
understanding the effects of quantised structure in materials of reduced dimensions, which …