Self-healing of fractured GaAs nanowires
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2011
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Wang, Yan-Bo
Joyce, Hannah J
Gao, Qiang
Liao, Xiao-Zhou
Zou, Jin
Ringer, Simon Peter
Shan, Zhiwei
Jagadish, Chennupati
Tan, Hark Hoe
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American Chemical Society
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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.
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Keywords: Compressive forces; GaAs; In-situ; Self-healing; Self-healing process; Semiconductor; Structural response; Transmission electron microscope; Crystal structure; Deformation; Gallium alloys; Gallium arsenide; Nanowires; Semiconducting gallium; Single crysta in situ deformation; nanowire; self-healing; Semiconductor; transmission electron microscopy
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Nano Letters
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