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

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.