Discrete plasticity in sub-10-nm-sized gold crystals
10.1038/ncomms1149
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Zheng, H., Cao, A., Weinberger, C. R., Huang, J. Y., Du, K., Wang, J., Ma, Y., Xia, Y., & Mao, S. X. (2010). Discrete plasticity in sub-10-nm-sized gold crystals. Nature Communications, 1(1).

Authors 9
  1. He Zheng (first)
  2. Ajing Cao (additional)
  3. Christopher R. Weinberger (additional)
  4. Jian Yu Huang (additional)
  5. Kui Du (additional)
  6. Jianbo Wang (additional)
  7. Yanyun Ma (additional)
  8. Younan Xia (additional)
  9. Scott X. Mao (additional)
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@article{Zheng_2010, title={Discrete plasticity in sub-10-nm-sized gold crystals}, volume={1}, ISSN={2041-1723}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1149}, DOI={10.1038/ncomms1149}, number={1}, journal={Nature Communications}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Zheng, He and Cao, Ajing and Weinberger, Christopher R. and Huang, Jian Yu and Du, Kui and Wang, Jianbo and Ma, Yanyun and Xia, Younan and Mao, Scott X.}, year={2010}, month=dec }