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Nature Research, Nature Communications, 1(1), 2010

DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1021

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Electron-beam-assisted superplastic shaping of nanoscale amorphous silica

Journal article published in 2010 by Kun Zheng, Chengcai Wang, Yong-Qiang Cheng, Yonghai Yue, Xiaodong Han, Ze Zhang, Zhiwei Shan, Scott X. Mao, Miaomiao Ye, Yadong Yin ORCID, Evan Ma
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Abstract

At room temperature, glasses are known to be brittle and fracture upon deformation. Zheng et al. show that, by exposing amorphous silica nanostructures to a low-intensity electron beam, it is possible to achieve dramatic shape changes, including a superplastic elongation of 200% for nanowires.