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Size and Shape Dependencies of Nanomaterial Properties: Thermodynamic Considerations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2012

Grégory Guisbiers*
Affiliation:
Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering, Catholic University of Louvain, 2 Place Sainte-Barbe, Louvain-La-Neuve, 1348, Belgium. E-mail : [email protected]
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Abstract

A top-down approach using classical thermodynamics is presented in this paper to deduce size and shape dependencies of different material properties. Particular attention is focused on the thermal expansion coefficient. The theory developed here can also be used to deduce information on surface energies.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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