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Mechanical nanosprings: induced coiling and uncoiling of ultrathin Au nanowires
Jun Xu1, Hong Wang, Cuicui Liu
1Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|August 12, 2010
Abstract:
We report the controllable coiling of colloidal gold nanowires induced by the contraction of their polymer shells. The mechanical energy stored in this process can be released upon removal or swelling of the polymer shells.

