%0 Online Multimedia %A Wang, Yanbo %A Joyce, Hannah J. %A Gao, Qiang %A Liao, Xiaozhou %A Tan, H. Hoe %A Zou, Jin %A Ringer, Simon P. %A Shan, Zhiwei %A Jagadish, Chennupati %D 2011 %T Self-Healing of Fractured GaAs Nanowires %U https://acs.figshare.com/articles/media/Self_Healing_of_Fractured_GaAs_Nanowires/2664691 %R 10.1021/nl104330h.s005 %2 https://acs.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/4326565 %K crystal structure %K crystal GaAs nanowires %K Possible mechanisms %K transmission electron microscope %K GaAs NW %X 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. %I ACS Publications