Sadeq Malakooti - Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ball State University, Muncie, IN ۴۷۳۰۶, USA
Nader Mohammadi - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Islamic Azad University Parand Branch, Parand, Tehran, Iran
Reihaneh Malakooti - Nanochemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran
Mohammad Hadi Valavi - Department of Computer Engineering, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran

In this research, thermal displacement and stress fields in an initially stress-free hollow nanosphere due to constant temperature changes are analyzed according to linear theory of thermoelasticity. Surface effects are considered because of large surface-to-volume ratio in nanoscales. Closed form solutions are derived and results are demonstrated with numerical examples to examine the effects of size and surface energy. It is shown that thermal displacement and stress components are extremely size dependent and are effectively influenced by surface energy. This study might be helpful for the design and control of MEMS, NEMS and nanodevices

Nanostructures, Thermoelasticity, Size dependency, Surface energy, Nanospheres