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The 2nd International Conference on NANOMATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES (NN 2005) Creta Maris Hotel, Hersonessos, Crete, Greece June 14 – 18, 2005 ABSTRACTS (Preliminary version) Web site: ? HYPERLINK http://www.ipme.ru/ipme/conf/NN2003/ http://www.ipme.ru/ipme/conf/NN2005/? INTERNAL STRESS ANALYSIS FOR NANOSTRUCTURED Li-BATTERY ELECTRODES K. E. Aifantis DAMTP, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, UK Due to the small Li-intercalation of carbon, which is used as the base material for the negative electrode in rechargeable Li-batteries, extensive research is being performed, for over two decades in order to find alternative anode materials. This research has suggested that some of the best candidates are Sn and Si, due to their high capacity. These materials, however, have not been used commercially because of their large volume expansion, which results in crumbling of the electrode after continuous electrochemical cycling. It is therefore of great importance to model the internal stress development inside these anodes. Since the miniaturization of the high-energy storage devices at hand is desired, gradient elasticity is employed to capture size effects as the scale of the microstructure is reduced to the nanoscale; comparison with solutions obtained from classical elasticity are made.Spontaneous self-agglomeration of magnetic nanoparticles into nanowires I. Alexandrou1, D. K. H. Ang1, G. A. J. Amaratunga2, S. Haq3 1. Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK 2. Department of Engineering, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK 3. BAE Systems, Advanced Technology Centre, Bristol, UK A newly developed method for the formation of nanowires by self-aggregation of nanoparticles is presented in this paper. The first experiments have been performed using Co-rich nanoparticles dispersed on a holey carbon grid. The nanoparticles are inserted in a vacuum oven and are annealed at temperatures below 400C