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Size-dependent structural phase transition of face-centered-cubic metal nanowires

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

F. Ma  and
K.W. Xu
F. Ma
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, People’s Republic of China
K.W. Xu*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, People’s Republic of China
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: kwxu@mail.xjtu.edu.cn
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Abstract

Taking Au as an example, we have investigated the epitaxial bain paths of 〈001〉 oriented face-centered-cubic metal nanowires. It demonstrates that there are one stable and one metastable phase, having the lattice constant ratio c/a of about 0.6 and 1.0, respectively. Even without any external stimuli, the surface-tension-induced intrinsic stress in the interior may drive the nanowires to phase transform spontaneously for surface-energy minimization. However, this structural transition depends on the feature sizes of the nanowires. Specifically, only when the cross-section areas are reduced to 4.147 nm2 or so can the surface energy and the intrinsic stress satisfy the thermodynamic and kinetic conditions simultaneously.

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AuNanostructurePhase transformation
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 22 , Issue 5 , May 2007 , pp. 1299 - 1305
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007

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