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Fracture strength and Young's modulus of ZnO nanowires
The fracture strength of ZnO nanowires vertically grown on sapphire
substrates was measured in tensile and bending experiments. Nanowires with
diameters between 60 and 310 nm and a typical length of 2 um were manipulated
with an atomic force microscopy tip mounted on a nanomanipulator inside a
scanning electron microscope. The fracture strain of (7.7 +- 0.8)% measured in
the bending test was found close to the theoretical limit of 10% and revealed a
strength about twice as high as in the tensile test. From the tensile
experiments the Young's modulus could be measured to be within 30% of that of
bulk ZnO, contrary to the lower values found in literature.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, 1 tabl
Atomic Beams
Contains a report on a research project.Lincoln Laboratory (Purchase Order DDL-B222)United States Department of the ArmyUnited States Department of the NavyUnited States Department of the Air Force (Contract AF19(122)-458
Identification of new cataclysmic variables in the 1RXS and USNO-B1.0 catalogs
As a result of applying the original optical variability search method on
publicly available data, we have found eight new cataclysmic variables and two
possible Optically Violent Variable quasars among the previously unidentified
X-ray sources in the ROSAT catalog. We describe the search method and present
the characteristics of the newly identified variable stars. The obtained
results demonstrate the large potential of the concept of Virtual Observatory
for identifying new objects of astrophysical interest.Comment: 16 pages, 11 figures, 2 tables; submitted to Astronomy Letter
Molecular Beams
Contains research objectives, summary of research and reports on three research projects.Joint Services Electronics Programs (U. S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U. S. Air Force) under Contract DA 28-043-AMC-02536(E)Sloan Fund for Basic Research (M. I. T. Grant 249
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