A new physical mechanism of plastic deformation in nanowires is suggested and theoretically described. This mechanism represents formation of near-surface nanodisturbances-nanoscopic areas of plastic shear with tiny shear vectors-in deformed nanowires. We calculated the energy characteristics for nanodisturbance formation and compared them with those for conventional dislocation generation. It is shown that the nanodisturbance deformation mode tends to dominate in Au nanowires deformed at high stresses and zero temperature.
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March 2025
State Key Laboratory for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, PR China.
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Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for Industry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China. Electronic address:
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March 2025
Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China.
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Sustainability Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
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