Stress-induced wurtzite to hexagonal phase transformation in zinc oxide nanowires |
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Authors: | Lee Eung-Kwan Choi Heechae Chung Yong-Chae |
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Affiliation: | Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Korea. |
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Abstract: | The stress-induced wurtzite to hexagonal phase transformation in [0110] oriented zinc oxide nanowires were investigated using a molecular dynamics simulation and reactive force field potentials. The yield strength of the 2.13 x 1.93 nm wurtzite nanowires is 12 GPa at 50 K. The wurtzite to hexagonal phase transformation was successfully observed at stress plateaus (5-5.5 GPa at 50 K) located after the yield point of the wurtzite phase. The wurtzite to hexagonal phase transformation was a result of the propagation of {0111} twinning boundaries. During the phase transformation, the wurtzite and hexagonal phases were clearly separated by the {0111} twinning boundaries. To analyze the difference between ceramic and metallic systems, all the calculation data of wurtzite to hexagonal transformation were compared with stress-induced phase transformation in metallic nanowires such as CuZr and NiA1. As the result of the [0110] tensile loading of the ZnO nanowires, the hexagonal phase was obtained. |
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