Periodic Reporting for period 1 - TORWIRE (Mechanical Behavior of Microscale Metallic Wires under Torsional and Tensile Loadings at Elevated Temperatures)

The on-going miniaturisation in many modern technological areas (e.g. micro/nanoelectronics, integrated circuits, micro-electrical-mechanical systems) requires the knowledge of mechanical properties at small scales. Metals are strong because of their microstructure. At small...