Semiconductor nanowires (NWs) have been studied extensively for over two decades for
their novel electronic, photonic, thermal, electrochemical and mechanical properties. This …

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

This paper investigates the nonlinear vibration of the piezoelectric nanobeams based on the
nonlocal theory and Timoshenko beam theory. The piezoelectric nanobeam is subjected to …

Highly sensitive, wearable and wireless pressure sensor was successfully fabricated based
on the zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoneedle/poly (vinylidene difluoride)(PVDF) hybrid film. The …

Piezoelectric nanowires are promising building blocks in nanoelectronic, sensing, actuation
and nanogenerator systems. In spite of great progress in synthesis methods, quantitative …

Understanding the mechanical properties of nanowires made of semiconducting materials is
central to their application in nano devices. This work presents an experimental and …

With the development and applications of nano-electro-mechanical systems, academic
interest in the mechanical behavior of piezoelectric structures at nanoscale is increasing …

This paper mainly studies the thermo-electro-mechanical free vibration of piezoelectric
nanoplates based the nonlocal theory and Kirchhoff theory. It is assumed that the …

In this work, the influence of surface effects, including residual surface stress, surface
elasticity and surface piezoelectricity, on the vibrational and buckling behaviors of …

Thermoelectric-mechanical vibration of the piezoelectric nanobeams is first investigated in
this paper based on the nonlocal theory and Timoshenko beam theory. The governing …