Mechanical Properties of Inorganic Nanostructures

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Many  of those foreseeable applications, such as nanomass sensors5,6 and energyharvesting devices,7,8 are already being explored at the level of laboratory prototypes. Undoubtedly others, as yet unforeseen, will follow in the future. is fact motivates the study and understanding of the mechanical properties of NSOs.