Hardening in Au-Ag nanoboxes from stacking fault-dislocation interactions

Radhika P. Patil; David Doan; Zachary H. Aitken; Shuai Chen; Mehrdad T. Kiani; Christopher M. Barr; Khalid Hattar; Yong-Wei Zhang; X. Wendy Gu

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-16760-1

Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

Hardening in Au-Ag nanoboxes from stacking fault-dislocation interactions

Radhika P. Patil,
David Doan,
Zachary H. Aitken,
Shuai Chen,
Mehrdad T. Kiani,
Christopher M. Barr,
Khalid Hattar,
Yong-Wei Zhang,
X. Wendy Gu

Affiliations

Radhika P. Patil: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
David Doan: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Zachary H. Aitken: Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR
Shuai Chen: Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR
Mehrdad T. Kiani: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Christopher M. Barr: Materials, Physical, and Chemical Sciences, Sandia National Laboratories
Khalid Hattar: Materials, Physical, and Chemical Sciences, Sandia National Laboratories
Yong-Wei Zhang: Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR
X. Wendy Gu: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16760-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Fabricating and mechanically testing nanoarchitected materials remains a challenge. Here, the authors use colloidal synthesis to fabricate Au-Ag hollow nanoboxes and investigate the effect of either a rough or a smooth nanobox surface on the mechanical properties.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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