Novel phase transformation in ZnO nanowires under tensile loading
Ambarish J Kulkarni1, Min Zhou, Kanoknan Sarasamak
1The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0405, USA.
Abstract:
We predict a previously unknown phase transformation from wurtzite to a graphitelike (P6(3)/mmc) hexagonal structure in [0110]-oriented ZnO nanowires under uniaxial tensile loading. Molecular dynamics simulations and first principles calculations show that this structure corresponds to a distinct minimum on the enthalpy surfaces of ZnO for such loading conditions. This transformation is reversible with a low level of hysteretic dissipation of 0.16 J/m3 and, along with elastic stretching, endows the nanowires with the ability to recover pseudoelastic strains up to 15%.
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