Determination of Young's modulus of Sb2S3 nanowires by in situ resonance and bending methods

Liga Jasulaneca; Raimonds Meija; Alexander I Livshits; Juris Prikulis; Subhajit Biswas; Justin D Holmes; Donats Erts

doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.25

Determination of Young's modulus of Sb2S3 nanowires by in situ resonance and bending methods

Beilstein J Nanotechnol. 2016 Feb 19:7:278-83. doi: 10.3762/bjnano.7.25. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Liga Jasulaneca¹, Raimonds Meija¹, Alexander I Livshits¹, Juris Prikulis¹, Subhajit Biswas², Justin D Holmes², Donats Erts³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Chemical Physics, University of Latvia, Raina blvd 19, Riga, LV-1586, Latvia.
² Materials Chemistry and Analysis Group, Department of Chemistry, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland; CRANN & AMBER, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland; Tyndall National Institute, Lee Maltings, Cork, Ireland.
³ Institute of Chemical Physics, University of Latvia, Raina blvd 19, Riga, LV-1586, Latvia; Department of Chemistry, University of Latvia, Raina blvd 19, Riga, LV-1586, Latvia.

Abstract

In this study we address the mechanical properties of Sb2S3 nanowires and determine their Young's modulus using in situ electric-field-induced mechanical resonance and static bending tests on individual Sb2S3 nanowires with cross-sectional areas ranging from 1.1·10(4) nm(2) to 7.8·10(4) nm(2). Mutually orthogonal resonances are observed and their origin explained by asymmetric cross section of nanowires. The results obtained from the two methods are consistent and show that nanowires exhibit Young's moduli comparable to the value for macroscopic material. An increasing trend of measured values of Young's modulus is observed for smaller thickness samples.

Keywords: Young’s modulus; antimony sulfide; in situ; mechanical properties; nanowires.