Young’s modulus of ZnO nanobelts measured using atomic force microscopy and nanoindentation techniques
- 26 June 2006
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Nanotechnology
- Vol. 17 (14), 3591-3597
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/17/14/039
Abstract
The bending Young's modulus of ZnO nanobelts was measured by performing three-point bending tests directly on individual nanobelts with an atomic force microscope (AFM). The surface-to-volume ratio has no effect on the bending Young's modulus of the ZnO nanobelts for surface-to-volume ratios ranging from 0.017 to 0.035 nm(2) nm(-3), with a belt size of 50-140 nm in thickness and 270-700 nm in width. The bending Young's modulus was measured to be 38.2 +/- 1.8 GPa, which is about 20% higher than the nanoindentation Young's modulus of 31.1 +/- 1.3 GPa. The ZnO nanobelts exhibit brittle fracture failure in bending but some plastic deformation in indentation.Keywords
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