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List of works by William D. Nix

25th anniversary article: Understanding the lithiation of silicon and other alloying anodes for lithium-ion batteries.

scientific article published on 22 August 2013

A model for electromigration-induced degradation mechanisms in dual-inlaid copper interconnects: Effect of microstructure

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A model for the effect of line width and mechanical strength on electromigration failure of interconnects with “near-bamboo” grain structures

scientific article published in April 1991

Anisotropic Size-Dependent Plasticity in Face-Centered Cubic Micropillars Under Torsion

article by Ill Ryu et al published 3 November 2015 in JOM

Confined Capillary Stresses During the Initial Growth of Thin Films on Amorphous Substrates

Crack-like grain-boundary diffusion wedges in thin metal films

scientific article published in August 1999

Elastic interactions of screw dislocations in thin films on substrates

Electromigration failure by shape change of voids in bamboo lines

scientific article published in August 1994

Formation of chiral branched nanowires by the Eshelby Twist

scientific article published on 29 June 2008

Fracture of crystalline silicon nanopillars during electrochemical lithium insertion.

scientific article published on 27 February 2012

Growth of Highly Strained CeO2 Ultrathin Films

scientific article

High-Throughput Growth of Microscale Gold Bicrystals for Single-Grain-Boundary Studies

scientific article published on 13 June 2019

Identification of elastic-plastic material parameters from pyramidal indentation of thin films

scientific article published in 2002

In situ TEM of two-phase lithiation of amorphous silicon nanospheres.

scientific article published on 17 January 2013

Interconnected silicon hollow nanospheres for lithium-ion battery anodes with long cycle life

scientific article published on 14 June 2011

Kinetics and fracture resistance of lithiated silicon nanostructure pairs controlled by their mechanical interaction.

scientific article

Mechanical strength and microstructure of oxygen ion-implanted Al films

scientific article published in February 1994

Mechanism-based strain gradient crystal plasticity—I. Theory

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Mechanism-based strain gradient crystal plasticity—II. Analysis

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Microscopic model for fracture of crystalline Si nanopillars during lithiation

Microstructure Effect on EM-Induced Degradations in Dual Inlaid Copper Interconnects

Microstructure Effect on EM-induced Degradations in Dual-Inlaid Copper Interconnects

Microstructure of thermal hillocks on blanket Al thin films

scientific article published in August 2000

Modeling plasticity at the micrometer scale

scientific article published in November 1999

Nanoscale deformation: seeing is believing

scientific article published on 01 February 2008

Novel Size and Surface Oxide Effects in Silicon Nanowires as Lithium Battery Anodes

scientific article published on August 11, 2011

On void nucleation and growth in metal interconnect lines under electromigration conditions

scientific article published in July 1992

Robustness of amorphous silicon during the initial lithiation/delithiation cycle

scientific article published in July 2014

Sample dimensions influence strength and crystal plasticity

scientific article

Shear band spacing under bending of Zr-based metallic glass plates

Single-crystal metal growth on amorphous insulating substrates

scientific article published on 8 January 2018

Size dependence in mechanical properties of gold at the micron scale in the absence of strain gradients

scientific article published on 17 October 2007

Stochastic behaviors in plastic deformation of face-centered cubic micropillars governed by surface nucleation and truncated source operation

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Studying the kinetics of crystalline silicon nanoparticle lithiation with in situ transmission electron microscopy

scientific article published on 04 September 2012

What is the Young's Modulus of Silicon?

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