Fabrication, microstructure, and mechanical properties of tin nanostructures

► A novel fabrication method was developed for single-crystalline tin nanopillars. ► BCT tin nanopillar strain-rate sensitivity is similar to bulk tin. ► BCT tin nanostructures exhibit a strength size effect similar to FCC metals. ► Synchrotron XRD results showed no accumulation of dislocations in deformed pillars. ► This is believed to be the 1st report on the tin nanopillar mechanical properties.