Nano Express
Nanomechanical Characterization of Indium Nano/Microwires
1 Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, 560 064, India
2 Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560 012, India
Nanoscale Research Letters 2010, 5:1085-1092 doi:10.1007/s11671-010-9606-1
Published: 22 April 2010Abstract
Nanomechanical properties of indium nanowires like structures fabricated on quartz substrate by trench template technique, measured using nanoindentation. The hardness and elastic modulus of wires were measured and compared with the values of indium thin film. Displacement burst observed while indenting the nanowire. ‘Wire-only hardness’ obtained using Korsunsky model from composite hardness. Nanowires have exhibited almost same modulus as indium thin film but considerable changes were observed in hardness value.
