Yong Zhu, North Carolina State University

Harold Park, Boston University

Ting Zhu, Georgia Institute of Technology

A plethora of nanomaterials with outstanding and unique properties have emerged over the past decades. The understanding of nanoscale phenomena, materials and devices has progressed to a point where substantial strides in nanomaterial-enabled applications has become realistic. This symposium will focus on mechanics issues in applications enabled by nanomaterials such as nanoparticles, nanotubes, nanowires and nanopillars, graphene and other 2D materials beyond graphene. Mechanics plays a critical role in a broad range of applications such as electronics, optoelectronics, sensors, energy harvesting and storage, and nanoelectromechanical systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

(1) Novel applications of nanomaterials such as batteries, stretchable electronics, auxetic and architectured structures, multifunctional and meta-materials, NEMS, nanocomposites and etc.
(2) Mechanical behaviors including size effects of 0D, 1D and 2D constituent nanomaterials.
(3) Interface mechanics including adhesion, friction and wear of nanomaterials.
(4) Elastic strain engineering of nanomaterials.
(5) Development and application of atomistic and multiscale models for nanomaterials.
(6) Development and application of experimental methods for 1D nanomaterials.

Keywords: materials systems, nano- and micro-