Investigation into the formation of 13-6 helical multi-shell gold nanowires

- The phase transformation from FCC structure to HMS structures are examined by AMD.
- A freestanding nanowire can form 13-6 HMS and sHMS structures.
- The orientation of shear transformation affects the final equilibrium structure.
- DFT is employed to prove the stability of the 13-6 sHMS and HMS nanowires.