2001/10/31 by U. Tartaglino, Erio Tosatti, E. Tosatti +3
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research #Metal and Thin Film Mechanics #Microstructure and mechanical properties #cond-mat.mtrl-sci
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.65.241406
published as Phys. Rev. B 65, 241406 (2002) · 4 pages, 5 figures. Published on PRB Rapid Comm. Major revision
openalex publication_date 2002/06/10 · arxiv created 2002/07/17 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Strain can affect the morphology of a crystal surface, and cause modifications of its reconstruction even when weak, as in the case of mechanical bending. We carried out calculations of strain-dependent surface free energy and direct bending simulations demonstrating the change of incommensurate reconstruction in Au(111) under strain, in good agreement with recent data. Time-dependent strain should cause a sliding of the topmost layer over the second, suggesting an interesting case of nanofriction. Bending strain could also be used to fine tune the spacing of selectively absorbed nanoclusters.