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Mechanical response of layered titanate nanowires

László Forró, Luca Rossi, Endre Horvath, Anastasiia Glushkova, Raphaël Foschia
2020
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The mechanical response of individual titanate nanowires (H2Ti3O7), synthesized in an upscaled production (kg/month) was investigated by means of an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) in nanomechanical spectroscopic mode. Because of their layered structure, besides the Young's modulus (E) of 66.7 +/- 25 GPa, an important contribution to the mechanical response was identified as coming from the low shear modulus (G) of 1.5 +/- 0.8 GPa between the layers. The mechanical energy loss due to shear is at the origin of the material's fatigue, during which the individual titanate layers crack gradually, until the final failure of the structure. The high-temperature treatment at 800 degrees C transforms the material into anatase (TiO2) nanowires, which have a considerably higher elastic modulus.

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László Forró, Luca Rossi, Endre Horvath, Anastasiia Glushkova, Raphaël Foschia
2020
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Young's modulus

Young's modulus , the Young modulus, or the modulus of elasticity in tension or axial compression (i.e., negative tension), is a mechanical property that measures the tensile or compressive stiffness of a solid material when the force is applied lengthwise. It quantifies the relationship between tensile/compressive stress (force per unit area) and axial strain (proportional deformation) in the linear elastic region of a material and is determined using the formula: Young's moduli are typically so large that they are expressed not in pascals but in gigapascals (GPa).

Elastic modulus

An elastic modulus (also known as modulus of elasticity) is the unit of measurement of an object's or substance's resistance to being deformed elastically (i.e., non-permanently) when a stress is applied to it. The elastic modulus of an object is defined as the slope of its stress–strain curve in the elastic deformation region: A stiffer material will have a higher elastic modulus. An elastic modulus has the form: where stress is the force causing the deformation divided by the area to which the force is applied and strain is the ratio of the change in some parameter caused by the deformation to the original value of the parameter.

Shear modulus

In materials science, shear modulus or modulus of rigidity, denoted by G, or sometimes S or μ, is a measure of the elastic shear stiffness of a material and is defined as the ratio of shear stress to the shear strain: where = shear stress is the force which acts is the area on which the force acts = shear strain. In engineering , elsewhere is the transverse displacement is the initial length of the area. The derived SI unit of shear modulus is the pascal (Pa), although it is usually expressed in gigapascals (GPa) or in thousand pounds per square inch (ksi).

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