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Electron-beam-assisted superplastic shaping of nanoscale amorphous silica
- Zheng, Kun;
- Wang, Chengcai;
- Cheng, Yong-Qiang;
- Yue, Yonghai;
- Han, Xiaodong;
- Zhang, Ze;
- Shan, Zhiwei;
- Mao, Scott X;
- Ye, Miaomiao;
- Yin, Yadong;
- Ma, Evan
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https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1021Abstract
At room temperature, glasses are known to be brittle and fracture upon deformation. Zhenget al. show that, by exposing amorphous silica nanostructures to a low-intensity electron beam, it is possible to achieve dramatic shape changes, including a superplastic elongation of 200% for nanowires.
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