As the backbone material of the information age, silicon is extensively used as a functional
semiconductor and structural material in microelectronics and microsystems. At ambient …

Knowing the mechanical behavior of silicon at elevated temperatures is crucial for many
high-temperature applications and processes. This work aims to expand the knowledge of …

We report a length-scale-controlled Brittle-Ductile Transition giving rise to significant
toughening of a commonly brittle material. Using quantitative in-situ Transmission Electron …

The mechanical properties of materials usually depend on the size of the considered object.
Silicon, for instance, undergoes between the macroscopic and nanometer scales, a brittle-to …

Silicon crystals have an important role in the electronics industry, and silicon nanoparticles
have applications in areas such as nanoelectromechanical systems, photonics and …

Elastic-plastic and fracture properties are key issues in characterizing materials' mechanical
behavior, and they have been extensively studied for over a century for bulk structured …

Nanomechanical testing of silicon is primarily motivated toward characterizing scale effects
on the mechanical behavior.“Defect-free” nanoscale silicon additionally offers a road to …

Nanoscale specimens of semiconductor materials as diverse as silicon and diamond are
now known to be deformable to large elastic strains without inelastic relaxation. These …

Silicon (Si) microfabrication techniques, derived from the microelectronics industry, have
enabled the development and commercialization of microelectromechanical systems …

Large strain plasticity is phenomenologically defined as the ability of a material to exhibit an
exceptionally large deformation rate during mechanical deformation. It is a property that is …