10.1021/nl104330h.s005 Yanbo Wang Yanbo Wang Hannah J. Joyce Hannah J. Joyce Qiang Gao Qiang Gao Xiaozhou Liao Xiaozhou Liao H. Hoe Tan H. Hoe Tan Jin Zou Jin Zou Simon P. Ringer Simon P. Ringer Zhiwei Shan Zhiwei Shan Chennupati Jagadish Chennupati Jagadish Self-Healing of Fractured GaAs Nanowires American Chemical Society 2011 crystal structure crystal GaAs nanowires Possible mechanisms transmission electron microscope GaAs NW 2011-04-13 00:00:00 Media https://acs.figshare.com/articles/media/Self_Healing_of_Fractured_GaAs_Nanowires/2664691 In-situ deformation experiments were carried out in a transmission electron microscope to investigate the structural response of single crystal GaAs nanowires (NWs) under compression. A repeatable self-healing process was discovered in which a partially fractured GaAs NW restored its original single crystal structure immediately after an external compressive force was removed. Possible mechanisms of the self-healing process are discussed.