Size-specific cracking shakes out at the nanoscale

(PhysOrg.com) -- Certain sizes of nanostructures may be more susceptible to failure by fracture than others. That is the result of new research by LLNL's Michael Manley and colleagues from Los Alamos National Laboratory that appears as a Rapid Communication in the journal Physical Review B.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news136818409.html">Size-specific cracking shakes out at the nanoscale</a></p> <p>(PhysOrg.com) -- Certain sizes of nanostructures may be more susceptible to failure by fracture than others. That is the result of new research by LLNL's Michael Manley and colleagues from Los Alamos National Laboratory that appears as a Rapid Communication in the journal <i>Physical Review B</i>.</p>