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An investigation of fracture behaviors of NBG-18 nuclear graphite using in situ mechanical testing coupled with micro-CT
Nuclear graphite contains defects spanning from nanoscale basal cracks to sub-mm scale voids. This study aims to establish an experimental method to investigate pre-existing defects and 3-D crack growth inside...
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Low-temperature annealing of 2D Ti3C2Tx MXene films using electron wind force in ambient conditions
Two-dimensional transition metal carbides and nitrides, known as MXenes, are layered materials with unique functionalities which make them suitable for applications such as energy storage devices, supercapacit...
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Enhancement of WSe2 FET Performance Using Low-Temperature Annealing
In this study, we investigate a non-thermal annealing process for two-dimensional materials. Instead of high temperature, we exploit the electron wind force at near-room temperature conditions. It is an atomic...
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Application of In Situ TEM to Investigate Irradiation Creep in Nanocrystalline Zirconium
This work characterizes the irradiation creep response of nanocrystalline zirconium by nanoscale quantitative tensile loading and ion irradiation experiments performed simultaneously in situ inside a transmiss...
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Correction: Corrigendum: Flexible high-temperature dielectric materials from polymer nanocomposites
Nature 523, 576–579 (2015); doi:10.1038/nature14647 The author Elissei Iagodkine was erroneously omitted from the author list of this Letter. They are associated with the affiliation: Dow Chemical Company, 455...
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Direct synthesis of ultra-thin large area transition metal dichalcogenides and their heterostructures on stretchable polymer surfaces
A scalable approach for synthesis of ultra-thin (<10 nm) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) films on stretchable polymeric materials is presented. Specifically, magnetron sputtering from pure TMD targets, ...
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Erratum to: Nanomechanical Characterization of Temperature-Dependent Mechanical Properties of Ion-Irradiated Zirconium with Consideration of Microstructure and Surface Damage
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Nanomechanical Characterization of Temperature-Dependent Mechanical Properties of Ion-Irradiated Zirconium with Consideration of Microstructure and Surface Damage
Zirconium alloys for nuclear applications with different microstructures were produced by manufacturing processes such as chip**, rolling and annealing. The two Zr samples, rolled and rolled-annealed were su...
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Flexible high-temperature dielectric materials from polymer nanocomposites
The addition of boron nitride nanosheets to polymer nanocomposites creates dielectric materials that operate at much higher working temperatures than previous polymer dielectrics, as well as being flexible, li...
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Open AccessThermo-mechanical coupling and size effects in micro and nano resonators
Existing models for thermoelastic dam** consider geometric size effects only, the focus of this study is on tuning of thermoelastic dam** with mechanical strain, which reduces both relaxation rate and ther...
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Quantitative in-situ TEM study of stress-assisted grain growth
We present a quantitative in-situ transmission electron microscope (TEM) study of stress-assisted grain growth in 75 nm thick platinum thin films. We utilized notch-induced stress concentration to observe the ...
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In-Situ Mechanical Characterization of a Freestanding 100 Nanometer Thick Aluminum Film in SEM Using MEMS Sensors
We present the uniaxial stress-strain response of a freestanding 100 nanometer thick 99.99% pure sputtered Aluminum film with grain size about 60 nanometers, tested in-situ inside a SEM chamber. The specimen i...
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Bending Response of a 100nm Thick Free Standing Aluminum Cantilever Beam
A micro instrument is developed to apply force on free standing cantilever samples with suborm thickness. The objective is to study the effect of small thickness on the strength of materials when subjected to ...
