Molecular dynamics simulation of mechanical properties of gold nanowire

Author

Nayebi, P. ; Shamshirsaz, M. ; Zaminpeyma, E.

Author_Institution

Phys. Dept., Islamic Azad Univ., Saveh, Iran

fYear

2010

fDate

5-7 May 2010

Firstpage

3

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Molecular dynamics simulation has been used to study mechanical properties of gold nanowires. For this purpose, stress-strain behavior of Au nanowires under different loading conditions has been investigated. Nanowires were subjected to uniaxial strain at temperature of 50,300 and 400 K using embedded atom model potential. Moreover, the effect of temperature on Young´s modulus of nanowire has been explored. Also, thermal expansion coefficients of a gold unit cell have been simulated too.

Keywords

Young´s modulus; gold; molecular dynamics method; nanomechanics; nanowires; stress-strain relations; thermal expansion; Au; Young´s modulus; embedded atom model potential; gold nanowires; mechanical properties; molecular dynamics simulation; stress-strain relation; temperature 50 K to 400 K; thermal expansion; uniaxial strain effect; Analytical models; Atomic force microscopy; Gold; Mechanical factors; Nanoelectromechanical systems; Nanoscale devices; Physics; Temperature; Thermal expansion; Young´s modulus; Gold nanowires; Molecular Dynamics Simulation; Young modulus; temperature dependency; thermal expansion coefficient;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Design Test Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS (DTIP), 2010 Symposium on

Conference_Location

Seville

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6636-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-2-35500-011-9

Type

conf

Filename

5486498