Bending Characteristics of Single Crystalline Copper Nanowires

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Single crystalline copper nanowires are subjected to bending tests using molecular dynamics simulations and the embedded atom method. To observe behaviors of nanowire, bending tests are performed for various rates of deflection and different boundary conditions: fixed-free and fixed-fixed. When the deflection of nanowire becomes large, twinnings and dislocations appear, and <100> crystal structure transforms to <110>. At high rates, phase transformation occurs in whole nanowire. But, at low rates, atomic structure changes to <110> phase partially. The final deformed structures are affected by the rate of deflection and boundary conditions. These effects can be important design parameters at nanoscale.