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Table 1.

Size dependency in micro/nano structures.

Reference	Shape	Material	Morphology	Trend ^a
Lam et al. (2003) [26]	Clamped-Free	Epoxy	Amorphous	I
Cuenot et al. (2003) [27,28]	Clamped-Clamped	PPy	Amorphous	I
Cuenot et al. (2004) [28,29]	Clamped-Clamped	Pb	Crystalline	I
Cuenot et al. (2004) [28,29]	Clamped-Clamped	Ag	Crystalline	I
McFarland et al. (2005) [30]	Clamped-Free	Polypropylene	Amorphous	I
Wu et al. (2006) [31]	Clamped-Clamped	Ag	Crystalline	I
Jing et al. (2006) [32]	Clamped-Clamped	Ag	Crystalline	I
Shin et al. (2006) [33]	Clamped-Clamped	Electroactive polymer	Amorphous	I
Liu et al. (2006) [34]	Clamped-Free	WO₃	Crystalline	I
Tan et al. (2007) [35]	Clamped-Clamped	CuO	Crystalline	I
Stan et al. (2007) [36]	All fixed	ZnO	Crystalline	I
Chen et al. (2007) [37]	Clamped-Free	GaN [0001]	Crystalline	I
Sun et al. (2008) [38]	Clamped-Clamped	Polycaprolactone	Amorphous	I
Ballestra et al. (2010) [39]	Clamped-Free	Au	Polycrystalline	I
Li et al. (2003) [40]	Clamped-Free	Si	Crystalline	D
Nilsson et al. (2004) [41]	Clamped-Free	Cr	Polycrystalline	D
Nam et al. (2006) [42]	Clamped-Free	GaN [120]	Crystalline	D
Gavan et al. (2009) [43]	Clamped-Free	SiN	Amorphous	D
Namazu et al. (2000)[44]	Clamped-Clamped	Si	Crystalline	C
Wu et al. (2005) [45]	Clamped-Clamped	Au	Amorphous	C
Ni et al. (2006) [46]	Clamped-Clamped	GaN	Crystalline	C
Chen et al. (2006) [47]	Clamped-Clamped	Ag	Amorphous	C
Chen et al. (2006) [48]	Clamped-Free	ZnO	Crystalline	C
Ni et al. (2006) [49]	Clamped-Clamped	SiO₂	Amorphous	C

^a I = increase, D = decrease, C = Constant.