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Figure 15. (A) Left: A series of microscopy images of a GaAs nanowire with a-Al2O3 shell before compression (A1), beginning of buckling (A2) and fracture point (A3 and A4). Right: Young’s modulus of a-Al2O3 as a function of shell thickness. Reproduced with permission[117]. Copyright 2015, ACS publications. (B) In-situ TEM study of surface diffusion-assisted dislocation nucleation in a Ag nanowire. Reproduced with permission[119]. Copyright 2021, Springer Nature.
