Authors
DZ Chen, D Jang, KM Guan, Q An, WA Goddard III, JR Greer
Description
Figure S2: Graph depicting the d 2 versus d 3 scaling argument for surface energy, ESurface and total stored elastic energy, EElastic. At diameters lower than d*(opaque green region), the energy required for a crack/fracture to initiate at the surface (ESurface) dominates, and shear banding is suppressed. Altering the surface state increases the gap between ESurface and EElastic, further suppressing catastrophic failure.
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