Download or read book Experimental Investigations of Deformation Pathways in Nanowires written by Andreas Sedlmayr and published by KIT Scientific Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-30 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work deals with the experimental investigation of the mechanical properties of nanowires. Experiments are conducted in a dedicated system inside the electron microscope. The mechanical response of various material systems is probed, the underlying deformation mechanisms are elucidated and subsequently put into context with mechanical size effects.