Research Article
Synthesis and Elastic Characterization of Zinc Oxide Nanowires
Table 1
Young’s modulus values of ZnO nanostructures reported in literature.
| No. | Young’s modulus (GPa) | Nanostructure type | Reference | Technique |
| (1) | 52 | Nanobelts | [9] | Mechanical resonance in TEM | (2) | 50 | Nanobelts | [10] | TEM resonance | (4) | 29 ± 8 | Nanowire | [11] | AFM
bending (vertical nanowires) | (5) | 140–210 (size effect reported) | Nanowire | [12] | SEM resonance | (6) | 58 | Nanowire | [13] | TEM resonance | (7) | 90–100 | Nanowire | [14] | Nanoindentation | (8) | 38.2 by AFM | Nanobelt | | Nanoindentation and 3-point AFM bending | 31.3 by | [15] | nanoindentation | | (9) | 106 ± 25 | Nanowire | [16] | Detecting resonance under an optical microscope | (10) | 97 ± 18 | Nanowire | [17] | Tensile and cantilever bending experiments, measured modulus only at fracture | (11) | 117, 229 (100 nm | Nanowire | | Buckling of nanowires using nanoindentation | diameter) | [18] | 232, 454 (30 nm diameter) | |
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