Journal of Nanomaterials and Devices

ABSTRACT

In recent years, nanotechnology has assumed an important role due to its extraordinary characteristics, already completely revealed or not yet fully studied. Researchers are continuously applying the basic ideas of nanotechnology in several fields, including medicine, biology and engineering, to improve the existing applications in a wide range of devices, ranging from transistors to micro-motors and to biological probes. However, conducting experimental and numerical studies at the nanoscale presents numerous challenges, including high economic costs associated with resonant spectroscopy and significant computational effort required for molecular dynamics simulations.

KEYWORDS

1. Nanostructures
2. Continuum modeling
3. Surface elasticity
4. Strain gradients
5. Molecular dynamics simulations