Nature Communications (May 2019)

Hydrogen embrittlement in metallic nanowires

  • Sheng Yin,
  • Guangming Cheng,
  • Tzu-Hsuan Chang,
  • Gunther Richter,
  • Yong Zhu,
  • Huajian Gao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10035-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The effect of hydrogen embrittlement on metal nanostructures is still unclear. Here, the authors combine nanomechanical testing and molecular dynamics simulations to show that hydrogen can suppress surface dislocation nucleation in silver nanowires.