...Yin Zhang; Ya-pu Zhao Because of the large aspect ratio of its length to radius and the large surface area to volume ratio, the nanowire is highly flexural and susceptible to the adhesion influence. The bending deflection of nanowire and its adhesion effect make the previous indentation models...

...Carmen M. Lilley; Jin He A new approach to measure the elastic modulus of nanowires is presented in this paper using a nanowire and a microcantilever beam composite system. The mechanical behavior of a nanowire-microcantilever beam structure under electrostatic actuation was studied using...

.../nanowire based nano-electromechanical systems. 17 12 2004 26 01 2005 12 08 2005 nanotube devices nanoelectronics boundary-elements methods nanowires Akita S. , Nakayama Y. , Mizooka S. , Takano Y. , Okawa T. , Miyatake Y. , Yamanaka S. , Tsuji...