Figure 3
(a) Experimental and FEM simulated bending angle (with and without taking into account geometric nonlinearities) of the Au nanowire at 1.8 µm distance from the loading point as a function of the piezo movement corresponding to the applied load. The inset illustrates, to scale, the position and the size of both the AFM tip and the X-ray beam during the experiment. FEM simulations of (b) the total displacement, (c) the stress along the wire and (d) the volumetric strain for the Au nanowire calculated for a point load of 360 nN using COMSOL Multiphysics. |