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.